Hi Jim,
->> t: now
->> t/julian
== 302
->> now/julian
** Script Error: now has no refinement called julian.
** Where: now/julian
What's the difference in assigning t: now, printing t/julian, and direct call of
now/julian? So why can't /julian become refinement of 'now?
-pekr-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Try this:
>
> >> t: now/date
> == 28-Oct-1999
> >> t/julian
> == 301
> >> 1-jan-1999 + 300
> == 28-Oct-1999
>
> - jim
>
> At 09:56 PM 10/28/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >REBOL *must* be basing dates on a stored Julian day number. They should
> >give us a word 'julian that returns the julian day no for a given date, and
> >some other word to convert it to a date. The Julian day number accounts for
> >leapyears, number of days in each month, etc. There are a number of "epoch"
> >dates corresponding to Julian day number zero. EG 1 jan 1978, another in the
> >15 or 14 century, etc.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 8:53 PM
> >Subject: [REBOL] epoch? Re:(4)
> >
> >
> > > You mean to use 31-12-1969
> > >
> > > At 10:40 PM 10/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >Elegant, except it's one day off ... should be now - 12-31-1969 * 86400,
> > > >except that gives an invalid date.
> > >
> > >
