+1 from me as well.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 8:28 AM Kelvin Lawrence <gfx...@yahoo.com.invalid>
wrote:
> A big +1 from me for this. As much as possible making Gremlin a language
> that does not depend on closures for things like dates and string
> manipulation will help with parity when compared to other query languages.
> Kelvin
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 07:49:17 AM CDT, Stephen Mallette <
> spmalle...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One of the things precluding a move toward a more pure usage of
> gremlin-language in place of groovy scripts is a way to instantiate a
> date/time. It seems simple enough to just include a datetime() function in
> the grammar that will parse a ISO-8601 formatted dates:
>
> datetime('2021-07-21')
> datetime('2021-07-21T01:12:59')
> datetime('2021-07-21T01:12:59+0500')
>
> Each language can retain its own method for producing datetime that it
> already has.
>
