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How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

Started bysahm <sahm007@gmail.com>
First post2012-01-14 23:44 -0800
Last post2012-01-15 15:39 -0800
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  How can I use Operand (+ , - )  with Time sahm <sahm007@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 23:44 -0800
    Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - )  with Time Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-15 08:32 -0500
      Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - )  with Time Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-15 08:52 -0500
      Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - )  with Time Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-15 10:19 -0500
        Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time sahm <sahm007@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 07:55 -0800
          Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 10:50 -0800
    Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - )  with Time Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-15 08:35 -0800
    Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 10:31 -0800
      Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 10:51 -0800
      Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-15 14:45 -0500
        Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-15 15:53 -0500
        Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 15:36 -0800
      Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-15 20:07 +0000
        Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-15 15:39 -0800

#11334 — How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

Fromsahm <sahm007@gmail.com>
Date2012-01-14 23:44 -0800
SubjectHow can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<34afdd1f-4549-48a9-878c-8678993e97ed@t30g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>
Hi every One

I'm Try to do program to calculate the Over Time, I'm working with 24
hour not A.M. & P.M. and this is my Time format (HH:MM:SS) (00:00:00).
But how can I use operand (+, -) with Time
This is my Code

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
import java.sql.Time;
import java.util.Date;


public class OverTimeDetailsDataClass {

    String Emp_ID;
    String OverTime_Doc_NO;
    String OverTime_Date;
    Time OverTime_Start_Time;
    Time OverTime_End_Time;
    Time OverTimeTotalHours;

    OverTime_Start_Time =
Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
    OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());
    OverTimeTotalHours = OverTime_End_Time - OverTime_Start_Time;
}
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

Best
Salim

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#11338

FromJeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Date2012-01-15 08:32 -0500
Message-ID<jeuk41$pq$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#11334
On 01/15/2012 02:44 AM, sahm wrote:
> Hi every One
>
> I'm Try to do program to calculate the Over Time, I'm working with 24
> hour not A.M.&  P.M. and this is my Time format (HH:MM:SS) (00:00:00).
> But how can I use operand (+, -) with Time

See Stefan for the answer.
An alternative follows.

> This is my Code
>
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> import java.sql.Time;
> import java.util.Date;
>
>
> public class OverTimeDetailsDataClass {
>
>      String Emp_ID;
>      String OverTime_Doc_NO;
>      String OverTime_Date;
>      Time OverTime_Start_Time;
>      Time OverTime_End_Time;
>      Time OverTimeTotalHours;
>
>      OverTime_Start_Time =
> Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
>      OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());
>      OverTimeTotalHours = OverTime_End_Time - OverTime_Start_Time;
> }

import java.sql.Time;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.TimeZone;

import javax.swing.JTextField;


public class OT {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

     JTextField OverTimeFromjTextField = null;
     JTextField OverTimeTOjTextField = null;

     Time OverTime_Start_Time;
     Time OverTime_End_Time;

     // Be aware: read the documentation for java.util.Calendar
     TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
     Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();

     Calendar startTime = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone,locale);
     Calendar endTime = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone,locale);

     OverTime_Start_Time =
         Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
     OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());

     startTime.setTime(OverTime_Start_Time);
     endTime.setTime(OverTime_End_Time);

     // use the java.util.Calendar.add(int field, int amount) method
     // as described in the documentation.

   }

}

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#11340

FromJeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Date2012-01-15 08:52 -0500
Message-ID<jeul8g$71g$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#11338
On 01/15/2012 08:32 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 02:44 AM, sahm wrote:
>> Hi every One
>
> startTime.setTime(OverTime_Start_Time);
> endTime.setTime(OverTime_End_Time);
   // setup any other required parameters here
   // see the documentation for java.util.Calendar
>
> // use the java.util.Calendar.add(int field, int amount) method
> // as described in the documentation.
   // or perhaps the java.util.Calendar.roll(**) methods - see the docs

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#11342

FromJeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Date2012-01-15 10:19 -0500
Message-ID<jeuqcs$32i$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#11338
On 01/15/2012 08:32 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 02:44 AM, sahm wrote:
>> Hi every One
>>
>> I'm Try to do program to calculate the Over Time, I'm working with 24
>> hour not A.M.& P.M. and this is my Time format (HH:MM:SS) (00:00:00).
>> But how can I use operand (+, -) with Time
>
> See Stefan for the answer.
> An alternative follows.
>
>> This is my Code
>>
>> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>> import java.sql.Time;
>> import java.util.Date;
>>
>>
>> public class OverTimeDetailsDataClass {
>>
>> String Emp_ID;
>> String OverTime_Doc_NO;
>> String OverTime_Date;
>> Time OverTime_Start_Time;
>> Time OverTime_End_Time;
>> Time OverTimeTotalHours;
>>
>> OverTime_Start_Time =
>> Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
>> OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());
>> OverTimeTotalHours = OverTime_End_Time - OverTime_Start_Time;
>> }
>
> import java.sql.Time;
> import java.util.Calendar;
> import java.util.Locale;
> import java.util.TimeZone;
>
> import javax.swing.JTextField;
>
>
> public class OT {
>
> public static void main(String[] args) {
>
> JTextField OverTimeFromjTextField = null;
> JTextField OverTimeTOjTextField = null;

   // The abstract class java.text.DateFormat
   // and it's concrete java.text.SimpleDateFormat
   // are good for getting/setting formatted input/output

>
> Time OverTime_Start_Time;
> Time OverTime_End_Time;

   // Unless you are using the JDBC API
   // you should avoid using the java.sql classes:
   // java.sql.Date, java.sql.Time, java.sql.Timestamp

   // in favor of java.util.Date, java.util.Calendar,
   // java.util.GregorianCalendar, java.util.Locale,
   // java.util.TimeZone, java.util.SimpleTimeZone

>
> // Be aware: read the documentation for java.util.Calendar
> TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
> Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
>
> Calendar startTime = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone,locale);
> Calendar endTime = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone,locale);
>
> OverTime_Start_Time =
> Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
> OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());
>
> startTime.setTime(OverTime_Start_Time);
> endTime.setTime(OverTime_End_Time);
>
> // use the java.util.Calendar.add(int field, int amount) method
> // as described in the documentation.
>
> }
>
> }
>
>

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#11344 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

Fromsahm <sahm007@gmail.com>
Date2012-01-15 07:55 -0800
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<4887cdd4-6a2e-49ac-9621-b594634fbf97@3g2000pbg.googlegroups.com>
In reply to#11342
On Jan 15, 6:19 pm, Jeff Higgins <j...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 08:32 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 01/15/2012 02:44 AM, sahm wrote:
> >> Hi every One
>
> >> I'm Try to do program to calculate the Over Time, I'm working with 24
> >> hour not A.M.& P.M. and this is my Time format (HH:MM:SS) (00:00:00).
> >> But how can I use operand (+, -) with Time
>
> > See Stefan for the answer.
> > An alternative follows.
>
> >> This is my Code
>
> >> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> import java.sql.Time;
> >> import java.util.Date;
>
> >> public class OverTimeDetailsDataClass {
>
> >> String Emp_ID;
> >> String OverTime_Doc_NO;
> >> String OverTime_Date;
> >> Time OverTime_Start_Time;
> >> Time OverTime_End_Time;
> >> Time OverTimeTotalHours;
>
> >> OverTime_Start_Time =
> >> Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
> >> OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());
> >> OverTimeTotalHours = OverTime_End_Time - OverTime_Start_Time;
> >> }
>
> > import java.sql.Time;
> > import java.util.Calendar;
> > import java.util.Locale;
> > import java.util.TimeZone;
>
> > import javax.swing.JTextField;
>
> > public class OT {
>
> > public static void main(String[] args) {
>
> > JTextField OverTimeFromjTextField = null;
> > JTextField OverTimeTOjTextField = null;
>
>    // The abstract class java.text.DateFormat
>    // and it's concrete java.text.SimpleDateFormat
>    // are good for getting/setting formatted input/output
>
>
>
> > Time OverTime_Start_Time;
> > Time OverTime_End_Time;
>
>    // Unless you are using the JDBC API
>    // you should avoid using the java.sql classes:
>    // java.sql.Date, java.sql.Time, java.sql.Timestamp
>
>    // in favor of java.util.Date, java.util.Calendar,
>    // java.util.GregorianCalendar, java.util.Locale,
>    // java.util.TimeZone, java.util.SimpleTimeZone
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > // Be aware: read the documentation for java.util.Calendar
> > TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getDefault();
> > Locale locale = Locale.getDefault();
>
> > Calendar startTime = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone,locale);
> > Calendar endTime = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone,locale);
>
> > OverTime_Start_Time =
> > Time.valueOf(OverTimeFromjTextField.getText());
> > OverTime_End_Time = Time.valueOf(OverTimeTOjTextField.getText());
>
> > startTime.setTime(OverTime_Start_Time);
> > endTime.setTime(OverTime_End_Time);
>
> > // use the java.util.Calendar.add(int field, int amount) method
> > // as described in the documentation.
>
> > }
>
> > }

Thank you every one

I fix the problem with simple function

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Time getTotalOverTime(Time StrtTime, Time EndTime)
    {
        Time TotalHours = null;
        String ST, ET, TH;
        int stH, stM, stS, etH, etM, etS, ttH, ttM, ttS;

        ST = String.valueOf(StrtTime);
        ET = String.valueOf(EndTime);

        stH = Integer.parseInt(ST.substring(0, 2));
        stM = Integer.parseInt(ST.substring(3, 5));
        stS = Integer.parseInt(ST.substring(6, 8));

        etH = Integer.parseInt(ET.substring(0, 2));
        etM = Integer.parseInt(ET.substring(3, 5));
        etS = Integer.parseInt(ET.substring(6, 8));

        ttS = etS - stS;
        if(ttS < 0)
        {
            ttS =+ 60;
            etM =- 1;
        }

        ttM = etM - stM;
        if(ttM < 0)
        {
            ttM =+ 60;
            etH =- 1;
        }

        ttH = etH - stH;

        TH = String.valueOf(ttH) +":"+ String.valueOf(ttM) +":"+
String.valueOf(ttS);

        TotalHours = Time.valueOf(TH);

        return TotalHours;
    }
////////////////////////////////////////

Best
Salim

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#11357 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2012-01-15 10:50 -0800
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jev752$hdh$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#11344
sahm wrote:
> Thank you every one
>
> I fix the problem with simple function

It is neither simple nor correct.  It doesn't handle most date formats, it 
doesn't handle time zones, it doesn't handle Daylight Saving, it doesn't 
handle shifts that cross a midnight boundary.  Weirdly, it doesn't use *any* 
of the standard date or time types, which _would_ have been simple and _could_ 
have been correct.

Your variable names violate the Java coding conventions.  So does your brace 
indentation.

You show 'Time' as a type, but not its package. This will confuse anyone who 
thinks you mean the standard 'Time' class.

I would never let this code past a code review.  There is very little right 
about it.

> \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
> Time getTotalOverTime(Time StrtTime, Time EndTime)

Why isn't this method 'public'?

>      {
>          Time TotalHours = null;

Why do you initialize this variable to 'null'?  The value is never used. 
Also, you should declare variables close to the point of use, not all at the 
top, and could you have invented more obscure, hard-to-interpret variable 
names?  I think not, save you used obfuscatory underscores throughout the names.

>          String ST, ET, TH;
>          int stH, stM, stS, etH, etM, etS, ttH, ttM, ttS;
>
>          ST = String.valueOf(StrtTime);
>          ET = String.valueOf(EndTime);
>
>          stH = Integer.parseInt(ST.substring(0, 2));
>          stM = Integer.parseInt(ST.substring(3, 5));
>          stS = Integer.parseInt(ST.substring(6, 8));
>
>          etH = Integer.parseInt(ET.substring(0, 2));
>          etM = Integer.parseInt(ET.substring(3, 5));
>          etS = Integer.parseInt(ET.substring(6, 8));
>
>          ttS = etS - stS;
>          if(ttS<  0)
>          {
>              ttS =+ 60;
>              etM =- 1;
>          }
>
>          ttM = etM - stM;
>          if(ttM<  0)
>          {
>              ttM =+ 60;
>              etH =- 1;
>          }
>
>          ttH = etH - stH;
>
>          TH = String.valueOf(ttH) +":"+ String.valueOf(ttM) +":"+
> String.valueOf(ttS);
>
>          TotalHours = Time.valueOf(TH);
>
>          return TotalHours;
>      }

Try again, using 'java.util.Calendar' and 'java.text.DateFormat' and their 
kin.  The code that does the interval calculation should not use 'String' or 
in any part of the interval calculation; that's too many purposes for one 
routine. There should be absofrickinlutely no parsing left to do by the time 
you calculate intervals.

Try making the method signature (for pre-Java 7 code, without the Joda library):

  /**
   * Calculates the interval in hours between two times.
   *
   * @param start Calendar start time of interval
   * @param finish Calendar finish time of interval
   * @return double the interval between the times in hours
   */
  public double interval(Calendar start, Calendar finish);

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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#11349

FromRoedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Date2012-01-15 08:35 -0800
Message-ID<htv5h71nv7jpom3b3gga51vnb6uuadjhqt@4ax.com>
In reply to#11334
On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:44:33 -0800 (PST), sahm <sahm007@gmail.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>
>I'm Try to do program to calculate the Over Time, I'm working with 24
>hour not A.M. & P.M. and this is my Time format (HH:MM:SS) (00:00:00).
>But how can I use operand (+, -) with Time
>This is my Code

You need to do your calculations in milliseconds since 1970. Then you
can simply subtract to find intervals.

Then your questions becomes how to I convert local time to and from
internal format. 

See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/calendar.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/date.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/time.html
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/timezone.html

-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
One of the most useful comments you can put in a program is 
"If you change this, remember to change ?XXX? too".
 

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#11356 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2012-01-15 10:31 -0800
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jev61p$eh7$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#11334
On 01/15/2012 04:51 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> sahm<sahm007@gmail.com>  writes:
>> But how can I use operand (+, -) with Time
>
>    You need to find or implement a compiler or interpreter for
>    a language that supports operator overloading (Java does not).
>
>    Or, convert all times into values of the primitive Java data
>    type »double« (such as a count of seconds) and then used »+«
>    with those double values.

That tends to cause trouble. It's better to use 'java.util.Calendar' and its 
friends prior to Java 7, and the new time types for 7+.

The application apparently tracks working hours.  How much overtime does 
someone in New York get who works eight hours nornmally but works from 
midnight to eight a.m. on November 4, 2012?

Naive calculations based on double or int values for number of seconds in an 
hour will give you the wrong answer. To get the right answer across all 
possible dates and locales (e.g., March 25, 2012, in London, UK), you will 
need all kinds of complicated calculation.  Heck, just to get the right number 
of days in February (say, year 2100) requires some dancing.

Tou will note that the OP's example committed this error.

Why in the heck would you recommend 'double' as a time, date or interval type? 
  It's very inappropriate.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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#11358 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2012-01-15 10:51 -0800
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jev77l$hdh$2@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#11356
Lew wrote:
> Why in the heck would you recommend 'double' as a time, date or interval type?
> It's very inappropriate.

I take that back, slightly.  'double' is OK as an interval type if you lack 
better types.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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#11363 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromJeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Date2012-01-15 14:45 -0500
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jev9tv$4sf$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#11356
On 01/15/2012 01:31 PM, Lew wrote:
[snip]
>
> That tends to cause trouble. It's better to use 'java.util.Calendar' and
> its friends prior to Java 7, and the new time types for 7+.
>
I've scanned the Release Notes and API documentation for Oracle's Java 
SE 7 and have been unable to find "new time types for 7+". Will you 
provide pointers for me?
Thanks.
[snip]

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#11365 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromJeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
Date2012-01-15 15:53 -0500
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jevdt4$u3j$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#11363
On 01/15/2012 02:45 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 01/15/2012 01:31 PM, Lew wrote:
> [snip]
>>
>> That tends to cause trouble. It's better to use 'java.util.Calendar' and
>> its friends prior to Java 7, and the new time types for 7+.
>>
> I've scanned the Release Notes and API documentation for Oracle's Java
> SE 7 and have been unable to find "new time types for 7+". Will you
> provide pointers for me?
> Thanks.

After some more digging I find JSR 310: Date and Time API.
I seems to be in the Early Draft Review stage.
<http://jcp.org/en/jsr/summary?id=310>
<http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/threeten/index.php?title=ThreeTen>

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#11367 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2012-01-15 15:36 -0800
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jevnun$pr8$1@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#11363
Jeff Higgins wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>> That tends to cause trouble. It's better to use 'java.util.Calendar' and
>> its friends prior to Java 7, and the new time types for 7+.
>>
> I've scanned the Release Notes and API documentation for Oracle's Java SE 7
> and have been unable to find "new time types for 7+". Will you provide
> pointers for me?

You're right, I'm wrong.  I spoke of JSR 310 which was originally slated for 
Java 7 and didn't make it in.

So it's back to Calendar and numeric intervals.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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#11364 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

Fromglen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
Date2012-01-15 20:07 +0000
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jevbm7$14t$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#11356
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> wrote:

(snip)
> Why in the heck would you recommend 'double' as a time, date or interval type? 
>  It's very inappropriate.

With an available 64 bit integer type, I agree.  Use long, not double.

-- glen

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#11368 — Re: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time

FromLew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Date2012-01-15 15:39 -0800
SubjectRe: How can I use Operand (+ , - ) with Time
Message-ID<jevo2t$pr8$2@news.albasani.net>
In reply to#11364
glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> Lew wrote:
> (snip)
>> Why in the heck would you recommend 'double' as a time, date or interval type?
>>   It's very inappropriate.
>
> With an available 64 bit integer type, I agree.  Use long, not double.

That might work for intervals, but not dates or times.

'double' is just fine for intervals.  'long' is not at all fine for dates or 
times.  I outlined the reasons upthread, which apparently you ignored, but the 
bottom line is that you have to reinvent 'java.util.Calendar' if you use 
'long' to represent date/time types, and it's not typesafe.  Really bad idea.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Friz.jpg

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