Additionally, Be able to convert "bya" to "mya" ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bya
The short scale is now commonly used, btw... but also need to deal with this for conversions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales There should be a preference boolean for conversion output for short or long scale... especially concerning above a thousand million. That's enough to get you going with some wild ideas that Jodatime does not handle. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Thad Guidry <thadgui...@gmail.com> wrote: > One idea and use case for Paleontologists and Geologists coming over to > Rust in droves... :-) > > Generically, just be able to handle simple Geologic addition and > subtraction against an Epoch itself (reference date) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_(reference_date) using known > abbreviations. > > And additionally, store, understand, and output them: > > B.Y.B.P = Billion Years Before Present > M.Y.B.P = Million Years Before Present > > > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Aaron Dandy <aaron.da...@live.com> wrote: > >> I remember reading this article: >> http://noda-time.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-wrong-with-datetime-anyway.html a >> while back and really appreciating date time & time zone libraries. Also >> after reading news of the leap second triggering a bug on a bunch of >> systems I now question all assumptions I make about our representations of >> time. I can no longer say that a minute is 60 seconds long with a straight >> face. Next up I guess we programmers have a year 2038 problem to deal with >> too. This library will be a big deal to write but there thankfully there >> should be a lot of existing knowledge to learn from. >> >> ------------------------------ >> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:10:21 -0400 >> From: l...@debethencourt.com >> To: s...@scientician.net >> CC: rust-dev@mozilla.org >> Subject: Re: [rust-dev] lib: Is anybody working on the datetime library? >> >> >> Hello Bardur, >> >> Thank you so much for the reference resource of JSR-310 and its design >> docs. >> I looked over it briefly and it is indeed very valuable. >> >> It was listed in the wiki page, but the link was to the former home of it. >> I have updated it. >> >> Since nobody has claimed this module, I will start working on this module >> tomorrow Saturday. >> Is that OK? >> >> Please, please, I would love more comments and ideas. Will start asking >> for reviews once I have some code to show. >> >> Thanks, >> Luis >> >> >> >> >> >> On 13 September 2013 00:57, Bardur Arantsson <s...@scientician.net>wrote: >> >> On 2013-09-12 22:12, Luis de Bethencourt wrote: >> > Hello everyone, >> > >> > I'm interested in helping with some module development. A good way to >> learn >> > Rust by using it and help Rust at the same time. >> > >> > Of the wanted modules in this page: >> > https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Libs >> > >> >> I see that this page does have a link to design docs for JSR-310 which >> is probably a good bet as to a usable DateTime API design (for Java at >> least). I just thought I'd mention that the documentation for the >> "nearly final" (i.e. barring serious bugs) API has been released at: >> >> >> http://download.java.net/jdk8/docs/technotes/guides/datetime/index.html >> >> Even if this is for Java, the design decisions about how the conepts of >> date/time are modeled (Instant vs. *DateTime, Periods, Durations, etc.) >> would apply in any language. They are also all essential concepts when >> working seriously with date/time even though the distinctions may not >> appear so at first. >> >> (I should mention that the lead on the JSR-310 spec was also the author >> of JodaTime which gets much deserved credit by Java developers for >> bringing date/time manipulation on the JVM out of the dark ages of >> java.util.Date. JSR-310 is a slightly reworked/simplified version of >> that API, so it's a sort of "what are the essentials?" version of >> JodaTime.) >> >> Regards, >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rust-dev mailing list >> Rust-dev@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list >> Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rust-dev mailing list >> Rust-dev@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev >> >> > > > -- > -Thad > Thad on Freebase.com <http://www.freebase.com/view/en/thad_guidry> > Thad on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/> > -- -Thad Thad on Freebase.com <http://www.freebase.com/view/en/thad_guidry> Thad on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/>
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