On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:56 PM, <pugs-comm...@feather.perl6.nl> wrote:
> Author: Kodi > Date: 2010-07-11 19:56:33 +0200 (Sun, 11 Jul 2010) > New Revision: 31627 > > Modified: > docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod > Log: > [S32/Temporal] Changed to use a different way of specifying time zones, > which is hopefully saner than my last proposal. > > Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod > =================================================================== > --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod 2010-07-11 17:09:44 > UTC (rev 31626) > +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library/Temporal.pod 2010-07-11 17:56:33 > UTC (rev 31627) > @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ > > Created: 19 Mar 2009 > > - Last Modified: 8 Apr 2010 > - Version: 7 > + Last Modified: 11 July 2010 > + Version: 8 > > The document is a draft. > > @@ -88,11 +88,12 @@ > All four of the aforementioned forms of C<new> accept two additional named > arguments. C<:formatter> is a callable object that takes a C<DateTime> and > returns a string. The default formatter creates an ISO 8601 timestamp (see > -below). C<:timezone> is a callable object that takes a C<DateTime> and > -returns a two-element list giving the difference from UTC in (possibly > both > -negative, but not of opposite signs) hours and minutes. Alternatively, > -C<:timezone> can be a two-element list, which is interpreted as a static > -offset from UTC. The default time zone is C<(0, 0)> (i.e., UTC). > +below). C<:timezone> is a callable object that takes a C<DateTime> to > +convert and a C<Bool> that specifies the direction of the conversion: to > +UTC if true, from UTC if false. Perhaps it's just me, but a boolean value to specify the direction of conversion seems wrong-ish. An enum with two values TO_UTC and FROM_UTC would be a little more self-documenting. -Scott
