RE: Date and duration arithmetic

> In Section 2.5 (Arithmetic Expressions) of the XPath 2.0 WD, rule 5
> states that if the two operands are of different types, one is
> promoted to the type of the other, following the rules in the F&O WD.
> 
> How does this fit in with arithmetic involving dates and durations? I
> think that this is supposed to be (and should be!) supported by
> operators, since the F&O WD defines op:get-duration,
> op:get-end-dateTime and op:get-start-dateTime in the 'operators'
> namespace.
> 
Jeni, this is an enormous hole in the current specs that we are well aware
of. But thanks anyway!

Mike Kay 

Received on Thursday, 17 January 2002 06:48:34 UTC