[Jim Fulton] >>> ZODB has a TimeStamp type that uses a 32-bit unsigned integer >>> to store year, month,, day, hour, and minute in a way that >>> makes it dirt simple to extract a component. [Tim] >> You really think so? It's a mixed-radix scheme: >> >> v=((((y-1900)*12+mo-1)*31+d-1)*24+h)*60+m; >> >> so requires lots of expensive integer division and remainder ... [Jim] > Compared to storing date-times as offsets from an epoch, this is > much simpler and cheaper. OK, as with most things, it boils down to the definition of dirt: you're contrasting hard-packed dirt with a 21%-dirt 79%-concrete mix, and I'm constrasting hard-packed dirt with household dust. I'm sure you'll agree that's a rigorously correct summary <wink>.
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