Re: [boost] [date_time] quarters as new durations?

Subject: Re: [boost] [date_time] quarters as new durations?
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-22 08:54:38

pete_at_[hidden] wrote:
> On Tue 22/12/09 13:27 , "Stewart, Robert" wrote:
> > Jeff Garland wrote:
> > >
> > > Month durations play some games to handle this problem (see
> > > docs for details) which quarters could adopt.  But if you
> > > adopt the month rules then I don't thing you buy much more
> > > than simply writing
> > >
> > >    const months quarters = months(3);
>
> > That's an excellent point.  I don't think the fuzzy math approach is
> > appropriate for quarters because they have a precise definition: 1/4
> > of a year.  Months are less precise, though 365 / 4 is not a whole
> > number, of course.
>
> Possibly opening a can of worms here, but a quarter in my
> line of work is invariably three months. If your mileage
> varies, then there could be a problem in providing a fully
> meaningful quarter duration type if people think it means
> different things.

Jeff's idea of months(3) is all you need, right?

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
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Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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