From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2004-01-21T22:36:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Parsing periods of time: Code and questions

> 1. Should one require integral values or would it be better to allow
>    the use of decimal numbers?

Only integers.

> 2. If decimal numbers are allowed would it be a good idea to allow
>    the use of exponential notation?

No.

I think the above should be simple, so the developer's effort could be put
on the following wish :).

> where a month has 28 days.

Wish: take into account the month the item was retrieved to calculate the
month's length. So, an item retrieved on the 13th will be deleted on the
13th of the next month (with hold time of 1 month).