Hello John,

ups you're right of course, i must be dreaming.
Maybe you should talk to Derick about the internal functions
and you should also have a look at pecl/date.

marcus

Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 11:32:38 AM, you wrote:

> Hi Marcus,

> For 32 bit architectures, normally:

>   sizeof(float) == 4, sizeof(double) == 8 or 10

sizeof(long double) == 10

> So there is no floating point overflow fortunately.

> E.g. http://www.iota-six.co.uk/c/b3_float_double_and_sizeof.asp

> PS: i  think the date() and mktime() functions could be extended using the
> algorithms described in the date library, if anyone is interested. It would
> make date( ) and mktime() much more user friendly.

> "Marcus Boerger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Hello John,
>>
>> how does that help? I mean sizeof(double) == 4 == sizeof(int/32).
>> In other words the bitsize is the same. Only you get an exponent.
>> The result is that you loose time information accuracy.
>>
>> regards
>> marcus
>>
>> Tuesday, August 3, 2004, 10:34:18 AM, you wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>>
>> > There's a library that i wrote that supports timestamps > 2037.
>>
>> > It takes advantage of the fact that PHP converts integers to floats on
>> > overflow. It uses the nearly the same api as date() and mktime(), to
> make
>> > porting easier.
>>
>> > Regards, John
>>
>> > See http://phplens.com/phpeverywhere/adodb_date_library
>>
>> > "Jevon Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> I always wished that PHP had VB's set of operators on dates/times...
> (and
>> >> also in SQL): year(), month(), date(), time_serial(), and the like.
> Yes,
>> > you
>> >> can do it with date("...", $x); but then it's just awkward to remember
> all
>> >> the operators.
>> >>
>> >> Also, I'd always wished that PHP would have support for dates after 32
> bit
>> >> (2037)... when do you think Pecl's Date would get into PHP?
>> >>
>> >> Jevon
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Jason Garber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 2:36 PM
>> >> Subject: [PHP-DEV] Date Support
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Hello internals,
>> >> >
>> >> >   Not to take away from the wonderful and lively "GOTO" discussion,
>> >> >   but...  I've got a couple simple questions.
>> >> >
>> >> >   1. Is there a particular reason that PHP does not have a really
> good
>> >> >   set of functions for dealing with true date and time types (i.e.
> not
>> >> >   timestamps)?
>> >> >
>> >> >   2. I think that good date and time handling in PHP would be a
>> >> >   large plus.  MySQL provides, imho, a very effective set of tools
> for
>> >> >   handling dates.  I think that this style of date handling, where
> the
>> >> >   standard format was YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS would be an ideal way to
> go.
>> >> >   Comments?
>> >> >
>> >> >   3. If there is no good reason for not adding this set of functions
>> >> >   to the PHP core, what would be the method of designing an
> acceptable
>> >> >   set of functions?
>> >> >
>> >> >   PHP is a feature packed language, but it's strange that this does
> not
>> >> >   exist in the core.  Thanks for your time.
>> >> >
>> >> > -- 
>> >> > Best regards,
>> >> >  Jason Garber                      mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> >  IonZoft, Inc.
>> >> >
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>> >> >
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards,
>>  Marcus                            mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]




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