Re: [boost] Re: Date-Time

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-14 10:53:00

From: Val Samko <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Wednesday, April 14, 2004, 5:05:37 AM, you wrote:
> 
> The only requirement for the add_month function I have is that
> after d2 = add_month(add_month(d1, N), -N),
> d1 and d2 should be in the same month.

Why do you have that requirement?  Note that that fits my
"next_month" idea just fine.

> Someone developing a million line program should understand that
> add_month(add_month(d, 1), 1) may be not the same day as
> add_month(d, 2).

Shouldn't they expect them to arrive at the same or very nearly
the same answer?

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