From: mathew Date: 2010-12-07T03:06:59+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:33601] Re: [Ruby 1.9-Feature#4068] Replace current standard Date/DateTime library with home_run --00163630f32397195e0496c1c03d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 13:31, Jeremy Evans wrote: > Fractional dates means that a Date object also holds a time component. > They are an implementation detail of the current standard date library, > which stores both Date and DateTime objects using the same data structure. > It leads to the problem shown in > http://jeremyevans-pres.heroku.com/rc2010_presentation/img40.html. Also, > two Date objects that represent the same date can be considered non-equal > because they have different times (e.g. one at midnight and one at noon). > Well, unless that behavior was ever documented as part of the API, I'd say it's worth removing. mathew -- --00163630f32397195e0496c1c03d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 13:31, Jeremy Evans <redmine@ruby-lang= .org> wrote:
Fractional dates means that a Date object also holds a time component. =A0T= hey are an implementation detail of the current standard date library, whic= h stores both Date and DateTime objects using the same data structure. It l= eads to the problem shown in http://jeremyevans-pres.h= eroku.com/rc2010_presentation/img40.html. =A0Also, two Date objects tha= t represent the same date can be considered non-equal because they have dif= ferent times (e.g. one at midnight and one at noon).

Well, unless that behavior was ever docume= nted as part of the API, I'd say it's worth removing.
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mathew
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