Re: Date Math bug
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16870
interpreted = N
texte = >The concept is, as you have deduced, adding numbers to a particular field >doesn't change the others. This is only ambiguous in the month case. If you >want the last day of the next month when the next month is shorter, should >2/28/1998 + 1 month go to 3/28/1998 or 3/31/1998? This is the ambiguous part. >I don't think it's very ambiguous. 2+1 is 3, so logically it should be 3/28/1998 in this case. If day x is valid in the target month and, then just change the month as indicated. The tricky part is going from long month to short month. If x=29,30, or 31 and doesn't exist in the target month, then additionally change the day of the month to the last valid value of that month. It seems more consistent than incrementing to the next month, from our viewpoint anyway.>If you always wanted the last day of the next month, you could do some WebDNA >that figured out the number of days in the next month and added it to the >current date. This is not as clean, but workable. I hope this helps. >Yes, not nearly as clean. However, I (we) would still appreciate the more elegant solution I described above.>John. > >>[MATH DATE]{03/31/1998}+{01/00/0000}[/MATH] >>returns >>05/01/1998 >> >>While I understand that May 1st is being interpreted as April 31st, I >>consider this a bug. Adding 1 month to the last day of the month should >>give the last day of the next month. >> >>Michael >> >>Michael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 > > John A. Hill, V.P. MarketingThanks,Dale ________________________ ___________________________ | Dale LaFountain | mailto:dalel@dhorse.com | | MIS Director,WebMaster | http://www.dhorse.com/ | | Dark Horse Comics, Inc.| Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 | \________________________|___________________________/
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>The concept is, as you have deduced, adding numbers to a particular field >doesn't change the others. This is only ambiguous in the month case. If you >want the last day of the next month when the next month is shorter, should >2/28/1998 + 1 month go to 3/28/1998 or 3/31/1998? This is the ambiguous part. >I don't think it's very ambiguous. 2+1 is 3, so logically it should be 3/28/1998 in this case. If day x is valid in the target month and, then just change the month as indicated. The tricky part is going from long month to short month. If x=29,30, or 31 and doesn't exist in the target month, then additionally change the day of the month to the last valid value of that month. It seems more consistent than incrementing to the next month, from our viewpoint anyway.>If you always wanted the last day of the next month, you could do some WebDNA >that figured out the number of days in the next month and added it to the >current date. This is not as clean, but workable. I hope this helps. >Yes, not nearly as clean. However, I (we) would still appreciate the more elegant solution I described above.>John. > >>[MATH DATE]{03/31/1998}+{01/00/0000}[/MATH] >>returns >>05/01/1998 >> >>While I understand that May 1st is being interpreted as April 31st, I >>consider this a bug. Adding 1 month to the last day of the month should >>give the last day of the next month. >> >>Michael >> >>Michael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 > > John A. Hill, V.P. MarketingThanks,Dale ________________________ ___________________________ | Dale LaFountain | mailto:dalel@dhorse.com | | MIS Director,WebMaster | http://www.dhorse.com/ | | Dark Horse Comics, Inc.| Phone: 503-652-8815 x324 | \________________________|___________________________/
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