ANNOUNCE: DateTime.pm and DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
The first alpha release has been uploaded to PAUSE and should be on a CPAN mirror near you sometime soon. I've also asked to register the DateTime namespace (but no others yet). Please try them out and let me know what you think, what bugs you find, etc. There's still lots left to do but what is

Re: ANNOUNCE: DateTime.pm and DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread Rick Measham
> Please try them out and let me know what you think, what bugs you find, > etc. A 'Teehee' from the docs: $dow = $dt->day_of_week;# 1-7 (Monday is 1) ... $day_name = $dt->day_name # Sunday, Monday If Monday=1 and Sunday=7 then shouldn't the example of the second line be 'Mon

Parameters outside proper boundaries

2003-02-04 Thread Rick Measham
POD>> The behavior of this module when given parameters outside proper POD>> boundaries (like a minute parameter of 72) is not defined, though POD>> future versions may be die. I'd prefer the behavior of: my $dt = DateTime->new( hour => 7, minute => 75); to be the equivalent of: my $dt = DateTime

Re: ANNOUNCE: DateTime.pm and DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread John Peacock
Dave Rolsky wrote: The first alpha release has been uploaded to PAUSE and should be on a CPAN mirror near you sometime soon. I've also asked to register the DateTime namespace (but no others yet). Huzzah! And there was great rejoicing! Please try them out and let me know what you think, wha

Re: DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread John Peacock
Dave Rolsky wrote: Please try them out and let me know what you think, what bugs you find, etc. I don't think it is really necessary to manify all of the various TimeZone/*/*.pm data files; there is no real point in doing so (since there is no substantive information for the user contained wi

Re: Parameters outside proper boundaries

2003-02-04 Thread Jonathan Scott Duff
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 11:27:58AM +1100, Rick Measham wrote: > Now, if I'm not the only one that wants this I'm very happy to volunteer > writing a patch for this. Just so you know ... you're not the only one. :-) -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Parameters outside proper boundaries

2003-02-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Rick Measham wrote: > POD>> The behavior of this module when given parameters outside proper > POD>> boundaries (like a minute parameter of 72) is not defined, though > POD>> future versions may be die. > > I'd prefer the behavior of: > my $dt = DateTime->new( hour => 7, minute

Re: ANNOUNCE: DateTime.pm and DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, John Peacock wrote: > > Please try them out and let me know what you think, what bugs you find, > > etc. > > I don't like the fact that I have to install DateTime::TimeZone blind (i.e. no > testing) before I can test/install DateTime. I would much rather that some way > be fou

Re: DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, John Peacock wrote: > I would suggest something like the attached which will manify only the files > with some content. perldoc will still be able to display the POD for the data > files, if desired. Looks good. > p.s. You also need to apply the following minor patch > > --

Re: ANNOUNCE: DateTime.pm and DateTime::TimeZone 0.01_00

2003-02-04 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Rick Measham wrote: > > Please try them out and let me know what you think, what bugs you find, > > etc. > > A 'Teehee' from the docs: > >$dow = $dt->day_of_week;# 1-7 (Monday is 1) > > ... > >$day_name = $dt->day_name # Sunday, Monday > > If Monday=1 and Su

Re: Parameters outside proper boundaries

2003-02-04 Thread Peter J. Acklam
Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Rick Measham wrote: > >> I'd prefer the behavior of: >> my $dt = DateTime->new( hour => 7, minute => 75); >> >> to be the equivalent of: >> my $dt = DateTime->new( hour => 8, minute => 15); >> >> [...] > > Actually, this _is_ what it doe