Hi folks.
I don't keep a list of people who use NormalDate, a simple
Python date class, but Dan Winkler reminded me today that
I neglected to put in __add__, __sub__ methods. For anyone
using it, the latest version is available:
http://starship.python.net/crew/jbauer/normalDate/
>From the docstring:
NormalDate is a specialized class to handle dates without
all the excess baggage (time zones, daylight savings, leap
seconds, etc.) of other date structures. The minimalist
strategy greatly simplifies its implementation and use.
Internally, NormalDate is stored as an integer with values
in a discontinuous range of -99990101 to 99991231. The
integer value is used principally for storage and to simplify
the user interface. Internal calculations are performed by
a scalar based on Jan 1, 1900.
For people who are serious about their date calculations, I'd
recommend Marc-Andre Lemburg's mxDateTime:
http://starship.python.net/crew/lemburg/mxExtensions.html
For people who aren't so serious about their date calculations,
check out:
http://www.pauahtun.org
The Python distribution also includes a date class, which would
have saved me time, had I bothered to check.
Demo/classes/Dates.py
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Jeff Bauer
Rubicon Research
<P><A HREF="http://starship.python.net/crew/jbauer/normalDate/">normalDate
0.7</A> - updated version of Jeff Bauer's ''NormalDate''
class for date calculations based on scalar integers. (21-Aug-99)
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