Re: RFC 48 (v1) Replace localtime() and gmtime() with da

[Nathan Wiger]

> > > Also, I would vote for a method to return the Julian date (yes I am an
> > > astronomer...) :-)
> 
> But surely not as a part of the core language?

Exactly. In fact, I'm going to chop a lot of the original proposal out.
It's too bloated for core. 

There's a lot of cool time/date stuff, but there's plenty of chance for
external modules for that (including backwards localtime()
compatibility).

-Nate