Re: Date/Time Module

[Mike Griebling <grieblm@trt.allied.com>]

I've uploaded the first version of the Date/Time modules to cognac
at /pub/occ/incoming/lib.  The compressed file is called DateTime.tar.gz
and it contains the following modules:

	SysClock.Mod -- system-dependent time/date acquisition and setting.
	DateTime.Mod -- system-independent time/date manipulation routines.
	DateTimeStr.Mod -- system-independent time/date to string and
                           string to time/date format conversions using
                           templates.

These modules require a change to the Unix.Mod module so that the time-
zone information can be returned from the gettimeofday procedure.

Some outstanding issues:

	DateTimeStr -- where is the time/date localization information 
		       kept.  Default is English-language localization
		       with some localization procedures for setting
		       month and day of the week strings.

	SysClock -- this ISO-standard module requires that we assign
		    some meaning to the summerTimeFlag.  What would
		    be the meaning: Is it TRUE when daylight saving
		    is active (my preference); or is it TRUE when
		    daylight savings adjustments are made in the
		    local time zone during the appropriate time.

Any comments or bugs, changes, let me know.

Michael Griebling