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On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 00:21, tmoran@acm.org wrote:
> > T := T + 7 * 24 * 60 * 60.0
> "The implementation of type Duration shall allow representation of
> time intervals (both positive and negative) up to at least 86400
> seconds (one day);" ARM 9.6(27)  So "7 * 24 * 60 * 60.0" may or
> may not work.

Sure, but T by definition is something that spans a week or more, so a
'proper' type is expected here *by design*, no?

(And I seem to remember there is a longer duration type somewhere in the
standard. Some Ada.Real_Time package or some such.)