I said:
> Maybe new() takes an optional ISOyear parameter? Thus the
> default 'year' is the way we commonly think of it and can take
> optional BC/BCE/AD/CE coding. It treats -1 as 1 BC and dies on
> getting '0'. ISOyear can only take integers with an optional
> '-'.

On 13/2/03 9:13 am, Peter J. Acklam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] replied:
> I like that idea.  However, ISOyear must allow a leading '+' if
> years after 9999 are supported.  ISO 8601 states that all years
> outside [0000,9999] must be signed.

Thanks for your support for the idea Peter, but I hereby withdraw it:

On 13/2/03 9:05 am, Dave Rolsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus:
> This is why there will be a DateTime::Format::ISO8601 module for parsing
> ISO formats ;)

The standard module won't need special handling for ISO, its just a case of
using the right Format module.

Cheers!
Rick Measham

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