In article <mailman.1915.1237140862.11746.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote:
> Besides your behavior, one could equally well argue that a 31st repeat > on months without a 31st should just be dropped, or that it should > carry over onto the 1st of the next month (ignoring the complications > of February). Which behavior one needs is completely > context-dependent. Indeed. For example, my wife started her current job on a Feb 29th. There are significant financial events that happen on various anniversaries of her employment (vesting of stock and retirement benefits). It really is important that everybody know exactly what is meant by "10 years from Feb 29th, on a given year", and what it means in one context may not mean what it means in another. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list