From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,6ea0a5c35bbeef5e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-13 13:50:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!feeder.qis.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!homer.alpha.net!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <98jo6d$vu4$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <98lis0$56j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <%%tr6.2979$54.3285@www.newsranger.com> <98ltmj$90q$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: calander package X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:47:54 -0600 NNTP-Posting-Host: 156.46.62.124 X-Complaints-To: abuse@alpha.net X-Trace: homer.alpha.net 984520083 156.46.62.124 (Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:48:03 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:48:03 CST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5700 Date: 2001-03-13T15:47:54-06:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote in message <98ltmj$90q$1@nh.pace.co.uk>... >I've built my own to generate the date/time in a whole variety of formats >because on any number of occasions you might need it different ways. Maybe I >should revisit this code with the goal of consolidating it down to fewer >routines with more options? A dozen or so formats suggests an enumeral and >the rest would be some flavor of "What character(s) do you like for >separators?" and "Did you want the current time or are you going to give me >a time of your own?" I've done this dozens of times, too. So, when the problem came up with the Smplsrvr, we went ahead and added a package of operations to Claw. The Claw.Time package really doesn't depend on Claw itself (nor on Windows), so it could be used separately. It's in the Claw Introductory version, which is available for free non-commerical use at www.rrsoftware.com. I was thinking about proposing something on this line to the ARG for standardization, but it unclear that the ARG is interested in (semi-)standardizing these sorts of packages. (It seems to run about 50-50 within the membership as to whether time should be spent on it. The objections mostly are that there are more important things to work on.) Randy Brukardt.