From: Conrad Schneiker <schneik@...>
Date: 2001-02-01T04:38:16+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:10185] Re: DateTime class for Ruby?

Mike Wilson (presuming that under 30 people were clueless (pun intended) 
:-)  wrote:

# From: "W. Kent Starr"<elderburn@mindspring.com>
# 
# >On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, Andrew Hunt wrote:
# >> On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:04:11 +0900, Ben Tilly <ben_tilly@hotmail.com> 
wrote:
# >> > andy@toolshed.com (Andrew Hunt) wrote:
# >
# >> > A general-purpose library should attempt to anticipate
# >> > and provide for unexpected uses...
# >> 
# >> Oh, agreed - and I think this ought to be implemented if
# >> it isn't currently.  I'm just curious as to practical
# >> applications outside of astrology :-)
# >> 
# >
# >An astronomical database covering the last 6000 years?
# >An history/timeline database covering the last 2000 years?
# >A 'time traveller' game?
# >
# >Just a couple of (ok 3) thoughts that immediately come to mind. The 
first
# >definitely requires date and time coordination, the latter two may have 
a use
# >for 'time' in conjunction with date, however.
# 
# I know everyone here can't be under 30.... Don't ya think wanting to
# track birthdates (as actual dates instead of strings, obviously) and
# do some amount of diddling might be difficult as well?

Also: weather analysis, stock market analysis, energy and
transportation and communication capacity versus usage analysis,
accident pattern analysis, and so on and on. 

In general, analysis and reporting of any data that it typically
logged with timestamps.

Conrad Schneiker
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