RE: [boost] Re: Date-Time

From: Powell, Gary (powellg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-14 14:10:58

Rob wrote:
>> 
>> Ok, but you need more than just LAST, you need LAST-1, LAST-2, and LAST-3

>Why?  I can't imagine a good use case for wanting one, two, or
>three days before the end of the month as a special form of date.

To make this work:

  date d = January LAST-1; // the 30th 

  add_month(d); 
d == February 27th or 28th depending on the leap year,

  add_month(d);
d == March 30th;

Which is why the specialized function is the way to go. LAST isn't enough and anything else is cumbersome, buggy and hard to maintain.

  Yours,
  -Gary-