Re: Date/Time Classes

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-03-22 12:14:56

--- In boost_at_y..., "John (EBo) David" <ebo_at_e...> wrote:
> 
> > For data representation in a string format I would agree.  
However, 
> > display for human consumption *HAS* to be configurable by locale, 
and 
> > if you can write the date out in this format you need to be able 
to 
> > read it in that format.  So though I understand your rant here, a 
> > usable date/time class can not restrict itself to a single text 
> > representation.
> 
> and just to add some muck to the works consider the difficulties in
> *parcing* the human readable stuff back into your date/time class...

It can be done.  I've written code that does a fair job of this, and 
many platforms have extensions that do the reverse of strftime, so 
the "difficulties" are not prohibitive to use.

Bill Kempf