Sorry, should have replied to the list... --- Andy Robinson <captainrobbo@yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 08:37:18 -0800 (PST) > From: Andy Robinson <captainrobbo@yahoo.com> > Reply-to: andy@robanal.demon.co.uk > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Date and timetypes (was: > Fixed-decimal types) > To: Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> > > --- Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> > wrote: > > I don't know much about date/time types, or about > > mxDateTime. > > My intuition is that there are too many ways to do > > it, and that being > > compatible with commercial databases may not be > the > > right way to do it > > for core Python. > > > > OK. Let me rephrase it. Say we form a consensus on > 'the right way'. Are you amenable to some solution > which goes back before 1970 and after 2038 going > into > the standard library? > > And does your answer change if it involves some > compiled code as well? > > I mention mxDateTime because it was agreed by a > Python > SIG, is mature and stable, and I find it very > useful. > And the core type is pretty small - much of the > helper > stuff in the package now could be kept separate from > the main Python distribution. > > - Andy > > > ===== > Andy Robinson > Robinson Analytics Ltd. > ------------------ > My opinions are the official policy of Robinson > Analytics Ltd. > They just vary from day to day. > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > ===== Andy Robinson Robinson Analytics Ltd. ------------------ My opinions are the official policy of Robinson Analytics Ltd. They just vary from day to day. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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