Re: [boost] boost support for date/time handling?

From: Chuck Allison (cda_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-16 23:04:11

My date classes come in two flavors: one built on a long (for when you only
need accuracy to the day), and one built on a double (for accuracy to the
precision of your floating-point number system..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: RE: [boost] boost support for date/time handling?

>
> Andreas Huber wrote:
> > Hello there
> >
> > I'm really unhappy with the date/time handling facilities currently
> > provided by the standard library.
>
> I'm in the process of preparing a submission for date-time...very soon.  I
> presented this at the OOPSLA template workshop -- See
> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/publications/2001/GDTL.html for some
> background.  In general, you are right on track with the type of functions
you
> want.
>
> > - Both classes are implemented in terms of 64bit integers and
> > represent time as a number of ticks (one tick is 100 nanoseconds).
>
> In GTDL is to let user pick the precision and representation type so that
the
> time-space tradeoff if made by the user via templates.
>
> Jeff
>
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