Good idea, but you just got lucky with your 'now' result.
DateNow = {1409,1,1}.
{1409,1,1}
([email protected])25> calendar:now_to_local_time(DateNow).
{{2014,8,25},{22,53,21}}
([email protected])26> calendar:valid_date(DateNow).
true
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 3:56 PM, can2nac <[email protected]> wrote:
> "This is the classic "lack of types" problem where we're not sure if it's a
> date() or a now()."
>
> what about calendar:valid_date()? it can distinguish date() from now()
>
> 2> calendar:valid_date(now()).
> false
> 3> calendar:valid_date({1409,838764,643402}).
> false
> 4> calendar:valid_date({2014,8,1}).
> true
>
>
> On Monday, August 25, 2014 4:06:00 PM UTC+4, David Welton wrote:
>>
>> https://github.com/ChicagoBoss/ChicagoBoss/issues/489
>>
>> Any thoughts on this and my proposed fix? This is fairly urgent for us.
>>
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>>
>> http://www.welton.it/davidw/
>>
>> http://www.dedasys.com/
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