Perhaps this is a stupid question, but is there any reason a GregorianCalendar 
wouldn't work?  It seems it only needs a simple subclass providing factory 
methods for an EOAttribute prototype.

Ramsey

On Aug 11, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:

> Julian Day is a really handy way to store days, too ... You get easy relative 
> comparison, and there are plenty of impls in java for making covers on your 
> EOs.
> 
> On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:27 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 10, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Jon Nolan wrote:
>> 
>>> IMO, this fight is absolutely not worth the effort. Store your "birthday" 
>>> attributes as integers (19700302) or strings and create cover methods on 
>>> your EOs to convert to date and back.
>> 
>> This seems the most accurate way to handle it. Noon GMT just displaces the 
>> problem to the opposite side of the planet, no? It would have to be noon in 
>> the timezone in which the event is recorded, but then, what if the user 
>> moves? A mess.
>> 
>> This is something that we are going to be dealing with as our markets 
>> expands globally. Some dates are locale-specific, some aren't, and some can 
>> even be locale-specific but only when compared to other local-specific dates 
>> (it would be helpful to know that you're wishing someone a happy birthday on 
>> the day they recognize as their birthday and not a day late).
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
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