Re: Details of dateTime operations

On 03/12/10 14:41, Steve Harris wrote:
> On 2010-12-03, at 14:12, Andy Seaborne wrote:
>
>> Easier (hopefully!)
>>
>> YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOURS, MINUTES
>>   Return an xsd:integer.
>> SECONDS
>>   Return an xsd:decimal (fractional seconds possible).
>
> Sounds good.
>
> What about a NOW()? Returning an xsd:dateTime for the current time, in the Z timezone. e.g.

I'm happy with that and I agree it's very useful.  It wasn't in the list 
we decided on so I haven't included it. It should return the same 
dateTime throughout the query execution.  c.f. fn:current-dateTime 
("This function is ·stable·")

ARQ already has afn:now() - TZ is locale but of course you can run your 
locale in Z.

In the useful camp might be VERSION()->string (unless security concerns?)

	Andy

>
> CONSTRUCT {
>    <new>  dc:date ?now ;
>          dc:title "new object" .
> }
> WHERE {
>    BIND(NOW() AS ?now)   # will that work?
> }
>
> Very useful for batch processes and the like.
>
> No strong feelings about TIMEZONE, we do everything in zulu time, so no practical experience.
>
> - Steve
>

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