From: Paul <tester.paul@...>
Date: 2011-06-08T02:10:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9 Time parse question

On Jun 7, 10:58 am, Robert Klemme wrote:
>
> Btw, I'd rather convert strings on insertion into the Array.  It's
> usually best to convert input into specific types when one sees it.
> Then you can use all the specific Date / Time / DateTime functionality
> in your application and only convert back to string when you output
> results.  Also, often specific data needs less memory than data left
> in strings.  Also, converting only once is more efficient than doing
> it over and over again.  In your case you could as well use
> Array#sort_by to convert each timestamp only once.
>

Hello Robert, I was thinking the same thing. The biggest difference is
between re-writing two sort routines and re-writing a third of the
entire program.

Looks like I have some refactoring to do this week..

Cheers!  Paul.