back to the list, where it belongs ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:06:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Daisuke Maki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Chinese Calendar Question
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Daisuke Maki wrote: > > As you might know I've been working on DateTime::Calendar::Chinese, but > right now I'm kind of stuck on the interface, because of two reasons: > > 1) the Astro stuff. Just where to put it?? > 2) The year nocation in CC uses sexagecimal cycles -- I'm not > familiar with this -- do Chinese people really use it? > > Also, I'm fairly sure that Japanese calendars don't use sexagecimal > cycles. They usually use 'eras' to distinguish a certain period of time. > That also makes inheritance a bit of a problem. > > I know you've at least thought about implementing a Chinese calendar -- > have you thought about this stuff? Do you have any recommendations? Doh, this all should stay on list though. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
