Previously Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Laurence Rowe wrote at 2007-9-26 11:08 +0100:
> > ...
> >To enable an evolutionary approach DateTime <-> datetime conversions 
> >must be made round-tripable. This is currently difficult as DateTimes 
> >have a resolution of milliseconds and datetimes a resolution of 
> >microseconds. I propose:
> >
> >   * Increase the resolution of DateTimes to microseconds
> >
> >   * Modify the DateTime constructor to handle datetime objects
> >
> >   * add an asdatetime method which will return a datetime object 
> >(avoiding any issues with floating point conversions).
> >
> >If there is support for this I will supply a patch.
> 
> Sounds as a good first step.
> 
> Why do you need a microsecond resolution?

Performance benchmarks, small timeouts.

Wichert.

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