[Zope-Coders] test failures in DateTime

[Andreas Jung]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Peters" <tim@zope.com>
To: <zope-coders@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 23:45
Subject: RE: [Zope-Coders] test failures in DateTime


> [Stephan Richter]
> > I agree with Andreas (well, I should, shouldn;t I? :-) )! We
> > should make an effort to move to mxDateTime. The advantages are very
> > obvious and there is really no good reason not to do it.
>
> How many bytes do each of the alternatives consume?  In my experience,
most
> buggy date/time gimmicks are driven by an overwhelming need to conserve
> space.

The main reasons to replace DateTime bx mxDateTime are IMO:

 - mxDateTime is more bugfree and better supported
 - DateTime has a confusing and inconsistent API compared to mxDateTime

Andreas