On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Galen Charlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Koha 3's circulation loans are currently measured only in units of > days. However, because some libraries perform loans that are measured > in minutes or hours, particularly for course reserves and short loans, > LibLime proposes to add support for measuring loan periods in time > intervals shorter than a day. This support will be a new feature, > although it may draw on work that Near Eastern University has done for > Koha 2. > > The main changes will include: > > * adding columns to issuingrules to specify whether the loan time, > grace period, and charging (fining) interval are measure in units of > days, hours, or minutes Grah, that's kinda hacky, but I can't think of anything better (MySQL's TIME type only runs to about 34 days; could be a problem). * adding the ability to define a policy for an overnight loan, > i.e., a loan that is due the following day at a defined time. > * adding display of due times > * adding the ability to calculate overdue fines on an hourly basis Sounds good enough. Would it be possible to just make due_date a DATETIME type, and set normal day-based due dates to, say the closing time on that day? This RFC refers to several other RFCs that have been sent or will be > sent soon, including > > * System groups > * Opening hours > * Recalls > > For more information on this proposal, please consult the Koha wiki at > > http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_hourly_circ >
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