- From: Andy Seaborne <andy.seaborne@epimorphics.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:54:50 +0000
- To: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>
- CC: SPARQL Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
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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