[Mono-dev] DateTime.Parse difference with .NET

[Martin Hinks]

Thanks Atsushi.

Sorry, but I didn't have time to check it against the latest SVN head,
but if it's fixed that is great!

Thanks again,

Martin Hinks
http://www.m-s-d.net

On 8/9/05, Atsushi Eno <atsushi at ximian.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >>>>>   But in [1] we find that format string we need to specify
> >>>>>   as a
> >>>>>valid format (see Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo) it is
> >>>>>unfinished :-S
> >>>>
> >>>>If we have corresponding format string, it is likely to work
> >>>>like this case.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     I guess I didn't understand the "unfinished concept" or
> >>>     your
> >>>answer... In other words... even if there are unfinished
> >>>members on a class, and consecuently the class is marked as
> >>>unfinished, is still the class usable? (I thought I
> >>>couldn't...)
> >>
> >>Originally there is no one who mentioned "unfinished concept"
> >>so I just ignored it (and "[1]" as well). What are they?
> >>What are you talking about? What are you asking about?
> >
> >
> >       Sorry, I forgot to paste the link (Ooops 0_o), actually [1]
> > meant to be:
> >
> > [1]http://www.go-mono.com/docs/index.aspx?link=T%3aSystem.Global
> > ization.DateTimeFormatInfo
> >
> >       I hope it would answer that questions...
> 
> Ah, Ok. Well, in short, yes it is "unfinished" since we don't
> copy & paste all date time format string that MS.NET returns
> but we fill those strings from IBM ICU data (which is originally
> from CLDR repository), optionally supplemental data based on
> users' bug report. I think we can't "finish" that class.
> 
> Moreover, since DateTime.Parse() messed us for its inconsistent
> behavior between DateTimeFormatInfo.GetAllDateTimePatterns()
> (it does not return "all" date time patterns that DateTime.Parse()
> allows :-/), we (at least I) have been adding those extra strings,
> until I read that MS article. So today's our DateTime is not clear
> and beautiful implementation. Maybe we need some kind of cleanup
> and restructuring around there.
> 
> Atsushi Eno
> 
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