4 Mar
2002
4 Mar
'02
2:37 p.m.
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:
You should name the type timestamp if you want to imply dt + n == dt + n seconds. datetime + n is commonly understood as dt + n *days*. [...] Is this just an mxDateTime convention, or is it in wider use? (URLs of docs of other languages / libraries would really help to convince me!)
I'm afraid that this really is the de-facto standard. However, lets be clear; is t=t+1 adding 1 (calendar) day or 24 hours (86400 seconds)? -Kevin -- Kevin Jacobs The OPAL Group - Enterprise Systems Architect Voice: (216) 986-0710 x 19 E-mail: jacobs@theopalgroup.com Fax: (216) 986-0714 WWW: http://www.theopalgroup.com