On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, pugs-comm...@feather.perl6.nl wrote:
+=head2 Semi-internal methods + +[This section is severely conjectural] + +For efficient implementation of arithmetics on C<Date> objects, two more +methods are exposed: + + $d.daycount + Date.new-from-daycount(Int $daycount)
I'd _really_ like to see this be based on Rata Die, which is January 1, 0001. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rata_Die
This epoch value is used as the basis for many calendrical calculations in the Calendarical Calculations book, and has in turn been used as the method for calendar conversion in the Perl 5 DateTime sweet.
Exposing this value explicitly (rata-die-day-count) would be a wise decision, IMO.
Also, "day-count", not "daycount" ;) -dave /*============================================================ http://VegGuide.org http://blog.urth.org Your guide to all that's veg House Absolute(ly Pointless) ============================================================*/
