[LEAPSECS] Lets get REAL about time.

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Fri Jan 27 09:09:29 EST 2012


Clive D.W. Feather <clive at davros.org> wrote:

>

> Okay, all of those three (as amended in the first case) are of that form:

>

> 2012-01-30 + 1 month

> 2012-02-29 + 4 months

> 2012-02-27 + 4 months

>

> and let me add:

>

> 2011-02-28 + 1 year


The usual way to deal with logic of this kind is to be explicit about
whether you are counting from the start or the end of the month. I don't
know if there is consensus on whether day-of-month overflows should
saturate or carry...

Tony.
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