The basic parser should fail. Without separators, parsed dates could be ambiguous.
2001123: Is this 2001-01-23 or 2001-12-03 or is is 200-11-23? Stephen Colebourne wrote: > But what should the basic parsers do? > > 20060204 (2006-02-04) > 2006024 ???? > > Currently the second one parses the same as the first. > > Stephen > > > Stephen Colebourne wrote: > >> I'm slowly moving to your position. Especially as that is what the code >> has done for years and no one has complained. >> >> I am sure that there are some people that want strict parsing, but as >> you say, some basic length checks would work. >> >> There is a bug in the millisecond parsing, but that can be dealt with >> separately. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> Brian S O'Neill wrote: >> >>> Should the parsers be lenient? I think they should. Making a lenient >>> parse strict is fairly easy in that you can compare the original input >>> to the well-formed output. Starting with a strict parser and making it >>> lenient is much more difficult. >>> >>> Also consider other uses for the parser. You might see a web form that >>> asks for a date to be supplied in this format. How many users will omit >>> the leading zeros? Answer: most. If the parser is strict, all developers >>> who create such a web form need to build and test their own lenient parser. >>> >>> Here's another comparison: Integer.parseInt() is also fairly lenient, as >>> is Double.parseDouble(). Both accept non-canonical forms of input. >>> >>> Stephen Colebourne wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> During testing I have found that ISODateTimeFormat parsing isn't quite >>>> as expected: >>>> >>>> Currently the following will all parse: >>>> 2006-06-01 >>>> 2006-06-1 >>>> 2006-6-01 >>>> 2006-6-1 >>>> >>>> Only the first is a correct ISO format. >>>> Similar problems affect time parsing and the basic formats. >>>> >>>> Should this be changed so only the first of the four parses? >>>> Or is this too radical a change now? >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Joda-interest mailing list >>>> Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >>> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Joda-interest mailing list >>> Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Joda-interest mailing list >> Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest
