Please explain where in the _language_ this is?
You may want to _remove_ any references to the unix epoch. But how
time is represented internally should not be visible in the language.
And are you advocating porting time and date calculations?
The Reingold and Dershowitz code is not quite open software.
<chaim>
>>>>> "PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PRL> =head1 ABSTRACT
PRL> Currently, internal time in Perl is maintained via C<time>, in
PRL> seconds since the UNIX epoch (01 Jan 1970 UTC).
PRL> However, this is a very ancient approach and quite UNIX-centric.
PRL> Perl 6 should maintain its internal clock source as the Modified
PRL> Julian Date.
PRL> =head1 DESCRIPTION
PRL> The Modified Julian Date is a system-independent, universally
PRL> recognized time source. It has several key advantages builtin,
PRL> including:
PRL> 1. The ability to do date arithmetic with simple math ops
PRL> 2. It can be used to easily derive many other sources,
PRL> including UTC and local time
PRL> 3. It is platform and even computer-independent
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