My view is to use joda-time. It is a full featured library. No need to reinvent the wheel.
Gary On Jan 25, 2012, at 14:17, Benedikt Ritter <b...@systemoutprintln.de> wrote: > Am 25.01.2012 21:02, schrieb Taras Ledkov: >> I'm very sorry if this problem has been solved in some way. > > No need to be sorry, as everybody can see, you did some research on this > topic ;-) > >> But i found only discussions about duration& joda-time dated 2004. >> (http://markmail.org/thread/733yqv5zwzsngj3j) >> Now i really need in Duration functionality (especially such as >> Duration.parse(String)). >> > > I heard about joda-time a while ago. My impression is, that the joda project > is not that active anymore (please correct me, if I'm wrong). So I would > vouch for additions to lang regarding durations. What I'm also really missing > in lang.time is conversation of durations. For example: > DurationUtils.convertToMinutes(long seconds). > >> I don't understand the Commons point on this issue. >> >> - Commons Lang doesn't need in own implementation of this >> functionality and you suggest use joda-time? >> - Commons Lang needs in simple& lightweight implementation of Duration? >> >> Also i cannot find correspond issue in jira (but Eric Crampton in 2004 >> wrote about >> "Commons Lang task list that there is a need for DateRange/Duration >> classes"). >> > > As you said, it is a while ago, since this was discussed. So let's review > this topic again. > > What are your thoughts? > > Regards > Benedikt > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
