Re: parse-datetime.y & ISO8601 timestamps

2011-04-27 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 27/04/11 16:47, J.T. Conklin wrote: > First some background. > > The continuous integration build framework I maintain at work uses > timestamp files for "last_build", "last_success", etc. The contents > of each file is the timestamp in ISO 8601 format (the inode mtime is > set to the same v

Re: parse-datetime.y & ISO8601 timestamps

2011-04-27 Thread J.T. Conklin
Jim Meyering writes: >> I'm interested in comments on both the idea of supporting such time >> formats, and whether there is a better implementation. > > Thank you! This patch looks fine. > > As Paul mentioned, a complete change would be welcome, > if you can fill out paperwork. Considering that

Re: parse-datetime.y & ISO8601 timestamps

2011-04-27 Thread Jim Meyering
J.T. Conklin wrote: > First some background. > > The continuous integration build framework I maintain at work uses > timestamp files for "last_build", "last_success", etc. The contents > of each file is the timestamp in ISO 8601 format (the inode mtime is > set to the same value, but thats beside

Re: parse-datetime.y & ISO8601 timestamps

2011-04-27 Thread Paul Eggert
On 04/27/11 08:47, J.T. Conklin wrote: > I'm interested in comments on both the idea of supporting such time > formats, and whether there is a better implementation. Thanks. I like the idea of supporting these formats, and know of no better implementation. But we'd need to change parse-datetime.

parse-datetime.y & ISO8601 timestamps

2011-04-27 Thread J.T. Conklin
First some background. The continuous integration build framework I maintain at work uses timestamp files for "last_build", "last_success", etc. The contents of each file is the timestamp in ISO 8601 format (the inode mtime is set to the same value, but thats besides the point). I used this fo