I remember that once camillo suggested to use the same approach as in dart where you can specify a strategy.
> I agree > > The comment of yyyymmdd is saying > "Format the date in ISO 8601 standard like '2002-10-22' > The result is of fixed size 10 characters long.." > > so I would say the selector is not choosen very careful. > > There is a discussion in Fogbuz about >>readFrom:pattern: > https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?11222 > > Sabine > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck [via Smalltalk] > <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > I also hate #yyyymmdd > > > > Date today yyyymmdd -> '2013-07-24' > > > > I would expect '20130724' > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Sabine Knöfel <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I created a bug, hoping that I filled out every field correctly. > >> > >> > >> https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/11222/Date-readFrom-pattern-year-2-decimals-not-20xx-but-00xx > >> > >> Sabine > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Stéphane Ducasse [via Smalltalk] > >> <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> > >> > Hello Sabine > >> > probably a bug. > >> > If you can write some tests and publish them on the bugtracker this will > >> > help. > >> > If you provide the fix (it will be faster to get it fixed) please run > >> > the > >> > tests to make sure that we do not > >> > introduce side effects. > >> > > >> > Stef > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> Date readFrom: '4.2.13' readStream pattern: 'd.m.yy' > >> >> > >> >> Does not return 4.2.2013 but 4.2.0013 > >> >> > >> >> The comment is saying > >> >> "A year given using only two decimals is considered to be >2000" > >> >> > >> >> So, the comment is not ok or this is a bug? > >> >> > >> >> Sabine > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> View this message in context: > >> >> > >> >> http://forum.world.st/Bug-in-Date-readFrom-pattern-Pharo2-0-tp4700427.html > >> >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ________________________________ > >> > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > >> > below: > >> > > >> > http://forum.world.st/Bug-in-Date-readFrom-pattern-Pharo2-0-tp4700427p4700428.html > >> > To unsubscribe from Bug in Date>>readFrom:pattern: ? Pharo2.0, click > >> > here. > >> > NAML > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> View this message in context: Re: Bug in Date>>readFrom:pattern: ? > >> Pharo2.0 > >> > >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mariano > > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com > > > > > > ________________________________ > > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > > below: > > http://forum.world.st/Bug-in-Date-readFrom-pattern-Pharo2-0-tp4700427p4700533.html > > To unsubscribe from Bug in Date>>readFrom:pattern: ? Pharo2.0, click here. > > NAML > > View this message in context: Re: Bug in Date>>readFrom:pattern: ? Pharo2.0 > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.