Tim Keen (a.k.a. Keen Tim) writes: >I have a need for it and therefore I'm going to do it, but being new to >Java I don't expect it to be a brilliant piece of work. My job would >certainly be easier if I could piggy-back off the work that somebody >else has already done, even if it's only thoughts that they have or >once had.
How about some specs? What would you expect for the type and format of the input? Would you represent months (or days of the week) by name and thus need locale info? How much could such an extension draw on the existing format-number capability? .................David Marston
