Re: function Clock return Time; Time is a number, a string...?

[Jeffrey Creem <jeff@thecreems.com>]

j.khaldi@oltrelinux.com wrote:
> In "package Ada.Calendar"..
> function Clock return Time; // what is the type of Time here?
> A string? A number? Something else?
> "Time" has been declarated "private", this means it is untyped yet;
> In other words, if I had to call the the function Year with the
> argument Date, how should I do:
> Date := The_Date; // for example: 11 dicember 2004
> GetYear := Year(Date);
> Thanks!
> 
> Jilani
> 

It is private and you don't get to know and any code you write that 
attempts to guess will almost certainly break. If you need to do what 
you are asking you need to use the other subprograms in calendar to 
build a time value based on non private items.

In your case

date := Ada.Calendar.Time_Of(year => 2004, Month => 12, Day => 11);