Re: [boost] Re: date_time -> ptime

From: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-05 20:41:57

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> "Iain K. Hanson" <iain.hanson_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>> On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 17:34, Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> 
>>> In my ET implementation (no it's not part of date_time yet, AFAIK),
>>> I allow:  Y/M/D and M/D/Y only.
>>> 
>>> Pardon the confusion, 1/Jan/1970 is indeed an illegal date (asserts)
>> 
>> So you are allowing US date format M/D/Y but not European date format
>> D/M/Y. Thats a little US centric, is it not?
> 
> Yeah, it does to me too.  The Euro format is a lot less ambiguous.
> The problem is that if you allow 1970/Jan/1  and 1/Jan/1970 you have
> an ambiguity problem which you can only sort out at runtime, and only
> if the user isn't using years in the first century A.D.

Right. If the user is willing not to use 1..31 A.D., we can support both.
Thoughts? I do not have an opinion on this matter. I just need the ET
to work.

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