Julian Day is a really handy way to store days, too ... You get easy relative comparison, and there are plenty of impls in java for making covers on your EOs.
On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:27 AM, David Avendasora wrote: > On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Jon Nolan wrote: > >> IMO, this fight is absolutely not worth the effort. Store your "birthday" >> attributes as integers (19700302) or strings and create cover methods on >> your EOs to convert to date and back. > > This seems the most accurate way to handle it. Noon GMT just displaces the > problem to the opposite side of the planet, no? It would have to be noon in > the timezone in which the event is recorded, but then, what if the user > moves? A mess. > > This is something that we are going to be dealing with as our markets expands > globally. Some dates are locale-specific, some aren't, and some can even be > locale-specific but only when compared to other local-specific dates (it > would be helpful to know that you're wishing someone a happy birthday on the > day they recognize as their birthday and not a day late). > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/mschrag%40pobox.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
