On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:04:46 +0000 (GMT) Sumanth Krishna Mannam
<sumant...@samsung.com> said:
oops. my bad. i forgot to add that one. done. in svn.
> Hi Raster,
>
> Thanks for submitting the patch for Datetime.
> Btw, src/examples/datetime_example.c file is missing in svn.
> Can you please add that file, it is showing build break in examples.
> [my previous patch is containing that file. If you want, I shall send you
> another patch for this]
>
> Thank You,
>
> Regards,
> Sumanth
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> Sender : Carsten Haitzler<ras...@rasterman.com>
> Date : Mar 05, 2012 16:37 (GMT+05:30)
> Title : Re: [E-devel] [Patch] Elementary : New widget Elm_datetime patch
>
> On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:44:39 +0000 (GMT) Sumanth Krishna Mannam
> said:
>
> in svn. tnx muchly!
>
> > >> This patch was made by Sumanth Krishna Mannam.
> > >> Please refer following message ~ and attached patch.
> > >> =======================================================
> > >> > first i was strolling along, reading elm_datetime.c... and then i saw:
> > >> >
> > >> > static int _days_in_month[12] = { 31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30,
> > >> > 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 };
> > >> >
> > >> > and then i was like:
> > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FWUjJF1ai0
> > >> >
> > >> > and i saw...
> > >> > if (__isleap(*timearr[ELM_DATETIME_YEAR]) &&
> > >> >
> > >> > and i was like:
> > >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1O9jWeNoI
> > >> >
> > >> > (look at clock module src of e17 (in svn trunk/e/src/modules/clock) -
> > >> > in there it manages to draw months and handle month sizes by using
> > >> > syscalls that should get this from a time database and thus be
> > >> > correct. you can figure out the range by using syscalls to do it all
> > >> > look @ _time_eval()).
> > >> I felt array based count is not that bad... and even elm_calendar does
> > >> the same . anyway, I gave a try with your method, using mktime() and
> > >> check for month wraaping and then deciding. Patch is updated
> > >> accordingly .
> > >
> > > http://www.corkscrew-balloon.com/travel/9812paris/leap.html
> > >
> > > leap years do not make feb have 29 days EVERY 4 year. there are oddities
> > > to this over history and probably will be in the future too. thats the
> > > pont of the system time "database" and "apis" to figure out so you dont
> > > have to :)
> > >
> > >> > limits for years.. why 1970->2037? that seems a bit silly to limit it -
> > >> > what if i'm entering the date of birth of my father? it's definitely
> > >> > before 1970 :)
> > >> I made 1970 as the default limit based on Epoc time 1970.
> > >> I have no issues to make default limit to further lowest :) I changed the
> > >> limits to 1900 & 2037.
> > >
> > > why not just allow ANY date ... no limits? what if someone uses the widget
> > > for a historcal event "Examination app" that asks students when events
> > > happened in history...
> > >
> >
> > The default limits for the year are used for displaying the possible values
> > on modules plug-ins like ctx_popup/disk selector list and spinner module.
> > More over, it's default limit and applications can override the limit with
> > provided APIs ( value_min/max set ), based on their need. Example, any app
> > accepting historical years, can set the min limit back to 1800 or even less.
> > No restrictions.
> >
> > >> > and then i was looking at api:
> > >> >
> > >> > Elm_Datetime_FieldType -> Elm_Datetime_Field_Type
> > >> >
> > >> > otherwise i shall not quibble about api :)
> > >> Yep...renamed to Elm_Datetime_Field_Type.
> > >
> > > cool - fix the above limit. it dont like it. for at least 1 reason given
> > > above. other than that take note of that page on leap years and just do
> > > some research yourself about time and how humans have, over history,
> > > defined it, written it down, played with it, adjusted it and tried to make
> > > your time system match the natural world around us. it'll encourage you to
> > > just piggy-back on someone elses time api so you dont have to re-do all
> > > the work.. and if there is a bug - its fixed in 1 place for everyone.
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