On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 01:38:06PM -0300, Daniel Ruoso wrote: : Em Dom, 2010-02-21 às 21:09 -0800, Larry Wall escreveu: : > I now see that the most important determinant of DateTimes is : > neither the Dates nor the Times themselves, but which TZ you're in. : > I propose renaming Temporal to TZ, so we get TZ::Date, TZ::Time, etc, : > since they're all dependent primarily on exactly where on earth you : > are, which determines how civil (or incivil) your cultural time is. : > It will also tend to prevent people from assuming anything universal : > about such types. : : This issue was addressed when we got into the difference between Instant : and DateTime. : : The thing is, much like a Str can't be seen as a Buf without an : encoding... a Instant can't be seen as a Date without a timezone... : : That's the barrier between Instant and DateTime, as currently stated at : S32/Temporal.pod... : : Take a look at all the classes and roles declared there...
Yes, I know all that. I'm just proposing s:g/Temporal/TZ/ to make that distinction clearer. Larry
