RE: [GT] Q re DateTime and Date format too

["Weigert, Thomas" <weigert AT mst.edu>]

Yes, I agree. There is some confusion that needs to be untangled with
respect to the different ways how dates are handled in different areas
of the system. But I do like what ras has started with parse_date_str.
I'll try to propose something...

Th.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: R P Herrold [mailto:herrold
AT
owlriver.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 4:05 PM
> To: devel
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> Subject: [GT] Q re DateTime and Date format too
> 
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Robert A. Schmied wrote:
> 
> > Weigert, Thomas wrote:
> >> Here is a tricky issue I discovered:
> >>
> >> The current code in DateTime::Month is inconsistent with both the
> >> documentation and the usage in DateTime::Day.
> 
> I've been watching this with some distance, but why not just
> require the perl Date::Manip module and get with a general
> solution?
> 
> beancounter uses it, Finance-YahooQuote uses it, and it avoids
> so much pain.
> 
> - Russ herrold