On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 22:13, Ben Bennett wrote: > Given the date 02/11/03 in the locale en_US (so you can assume m/d/y), > what year is that in?
It's in the year 3 A.D. Period. This is a 'simple' module so I don't think it should try bending user input too much. If you assume it to be 2003, then how do I say it's the year 3? I say by default, just use the user's input as gospel. You could try all sorts of things as a window for the rollover, but two-digit years are *always* context sensative. Under "Date of Birth", the window would be 1903-2003. Under "Indended date of travel", the window would be 2003-2102 (As hard as I wrack my brain I can't think of a time when I'd not be sure if it was a past or future event I wanted the date for.) Because of this, maybe the following would be the go: DateTime::Format::Simple->new( handle_two_digit_year => 'past' ) # two digit years are 1904-2003 DateTime::Format::Simple->new( handle_two_digit_year => 'future' ) # two digit years are 2003-2102 DateTime::Format::Simple->new( handle_two_digit_year => 1970 ) # two digit years are 1970-2069 (just in case there is a need) DateTime::Format::Simple->new( ) # two digit years are 00-99 by default And maybe: DateTime::Format::Simple->new( handle_two_digit_year => -20 ) # two digit years are (DateTime->now->year() - 20) to (DateTime->now->year() + 79) My $0.02. Cheers! Rick
