Am 24.07.2012 11:55, schrieb Laszlo Nagy: > What is the good representation here? Should I implement my own date > type? (I wouldn't want to.)
JDN [1] is a commonly used format for wide ranges of dates. I've used it in the past to refer to days BC. PyPI offers a Python module [2] that looks well written and documented. HTH, Christian [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Day_Number [2] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/jdcal/1.0 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list