On 8/24/10 5:44 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
I'd like to find the number of days between two dates - is there any simple way to do this in Sage.
I'm sure python's datetime module can help: http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html See the example "Example of counting days to an event"
The reason for wanting this is quite funny, but I thought I'd use it to plug Sage! Our car got damaged by a pothole. We made a claim to the council. We finally receiving a letter from their legal department denying responsibility. Their defense is they have determined the road needs to be checked once per month.. They then provided a list of the dates the road was checked prior to the damage to our car 5th Jan 2010 3rd Dec 2009 2nd Nov 2009 Our car got damaged on the 16th Feb - clearly more than a month after the last inspection date on the 5th Jan. I was thinking of suggesting they use Sage to find out the number of days between two dates, and so would realise that there is more than a month between 5th Jan and the 16th Feb!
A calendar sounds like it might make your point better, though a reasonable argument would be that since they only need to check it "once per month", checking it once in Jan and once in Feb would be enough.
How stupid can the council's legal department be to send a letter like this?
I'm afraid Sage probably can't help with that. Jason -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
