Hello John,

how does that help? I mean sizeof(double) == 4 == sizeof(int/32).
In other words the bitsize is the same. Only you get an exponent.
The result is that you loose time information accuracy.

regards
marcus

Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 10:34:18 AM, you wrote:

> Hi

> There's a library that i wrote that supports timestamps > 2037.

> It takes advantage of the fact that PHP converts integers to floats on
> overflow. It uses the nearly the same api as date() and mktime(), to make
> porting easier.

> Regards, John

> See http://phplens.com/phpeverywhere/adodb_date_library

> "Jevon Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> I always wished that PHP had VB's set of operators on dates/times... (and
>> also in SQL): year(), month(), date(), time_serial(), and the like. Yes,
> you
>> can do it with date("...", $x); but then it's just awkward to remember all
>> the operators.
>>
>> Also, I'd always wished that PHP would have support for dates after 32 bit
>> (2037)... when do you think Pecl's Date would get into PHP?
>>
>> Jevon
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jason Garber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 2:36 PM
>> Subject: [PHP-DEV] Date Support
>>
>>
>> > Hello internals,
>> >
>> >   Not to take away from the wonderful and lively "GOTO" discussion,
>> >   but...  I've got a couple simple questions.
>> >
>> >   1. Is there a particular reason that PHP does not have a really good
>> >   set of functions for dealing with true date and time types (i.e. not
>> >   timestamps)?
>> >
>> >   2. I think that good date and time handling in PHP would be a
>> >   large plus.  MySQL provides, imho, a very effective set of tools for
>> >   handling dates.  I think that this style of date handling, where the
>> >   standard format was YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS would be an ideal way to go.
>> >   Comments?
>> >
>> >   3. If there is no good reason for not adding this set of functions
>> >   to the PHP core, what would be the method of designing an acceptable
>> >   set of functions?
>> >
>> >   PHP is a feature packed language, but it's strange that this does not
>> >   exist in the core.  Thanks for your time.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Best regards,
>> >  Jason Garber                      mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >  IonZoft, Inc.
>> >
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