Re: Action 695 argument

Gary Hallmark wrote:
> 
> Jos pointed out most of my "missing" builtins are actually there, in the
> casting builtins.  I think we are missing maybe 2 builtins:
> 
>   * How can I change a datetime from one timezone to another?

There is indeed no built-in for that specific purpose.  However, one
could extract all the components from a dateTime and construct a new
one, e.g., using the string casting function.

>   * How do I reference the current datetime (e.g. fn:current-dateTime)?

In a declarative formalism like BLD there cannot be such
context-dependent things like "current" datetime, because then the
formalism would not be declarative anymore.
One would need to define the semantics relative to a context given by
the user.  This would make things kind of ugly.

I could imagine, though, that in PRD this would not really be a problem.
 PRD does not need to restrict itself to the built-ins in BLD.


Best, Jos

> 
> 
> Gary Hallmark wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave Reynolds wrote:
>>> So it sounds like you might need to propose that RIF adds xsd:date
>>> and xsd:time (with and without timezone).
>>>
>> according to DTB, RIF already has xsd:date and xsd:time.
>>
>> why does xml schema add xsd:datetimestamp, but not add xsd:datestamp
>> and xsd:timestamp that makes the timezone mandatory for dates and
>> times as well as datetimes?
>>
>> It looks like DTB is incomplete in its support for date, time,
>> datetime, and duration builtins.  For example,
>>
>>    * how can I construct a date from a string like "2009-02-09"?    *
>> How can I construct a datetime from a date and a time?    * How can I
>> split a datetime into a date and a time?    * How can I add a (int)
>> number of hours to a datetime?
>>    * How can I change a datetime from one timezone to another?
>>    * How do I reference the current datetime (e.g. fn:current-dateTime
>>      <#func-current-dateTime>)
>>
>>
> 

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