Comments on: Challenge #3 – Day of Birth http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/ What would OJ do? Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: OJ http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-247 OJ Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:25:10 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-247 Right, no takers? Am I going to have just post my own solution and that's it?! How disappointing :) Right, no takers? Am I going to have just post my own solution and that’s it?!

How disappointing :)

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 OJ Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:25:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-2423 Right, no takers? Am I going to have just post my own solution and that's it?! How disappointing :) Right, no takers? Am I going to have just post my own solution and that’s it?!

How disappointing :)

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-248 OJ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:58:51 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-248 No, the calendar was realigned by minutes or seconds, not whole days, so that stuff makes no difference. The C# and PHP functions don't take that into account coz they don't need to. Come on, show me some code :) No, the calendar was realigned by minutes or seconds, not whole days, so that stuff makes no difference. The C# and PHP functions don’t take that into account coz they don’t need to.

Come on, show me some code :)

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 OJ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:58:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-2424 No, the calendar was realigned by minutes or seconds, not whole days, so that stuff makes no difference. The C# and PHP functions don't take that into account coz they don't need to. Come on, show me some code :) No, the calendar was realigned by minutes or seconds, not whole days, so that stuff makes no difference. The C# and PHP functions don’t take that into account coz they don’t need to.

Come on, show me some code :)

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Keef Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:26:37 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-252 It's actually harder than you think, because at various points in the past the calendar has been realigned or the number of days in a month has changed, etc. It'd take a bit of research to find all these special cases and take them into account - which presumably the C#, PHP, etc library authors (should) have already done. It’s actually harder than you think, because at various points in the past the calendar has been realigned or the number of days in a month has changed, etc. It’d take a bit of research to find all these special cases and take them into account – which presumably the C#, PHP, etc library authors (should) have already done.

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-2428 Keef Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:26:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-2428 It's actually harder than you think, because at various points in the past the calendar has been realigned or the number of days in a month has changed, etc. It'd take a bit of research to find all these special cases and take them into account - which presumably the C#, PHP, etc library authors (should) have already done. It’s actually harder than you think, because at various points in the past the calendar has been realigned or the number of days in a month has changed, etc. It’d take a bit of research to find all these special cases and take them into account – which presumably the C#, PHP, etc library authors (should) have already done.

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-251 OJ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:29:15 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-251 What better reason is there than to make me happy? :D What better reason is there than to make me happy? :D

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-2427 OJ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:29:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-2427 What better reason is there than to make me happy? :D What better reason is there than to make me happy? :D

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Keef Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:51:31 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-250 Gawd, I hate reimplementing library functionality unless there's a good reason for it... Anyway, I'll give it a go if I get a bit of bored time! Gawd, I hate reimplementing library functionality unless there’s a good reason for it…

Anyway, I’ll give it a go if I get a bit of bored time!

]]> By: Keef http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-2426 Keef Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:51:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/2007/02/04/challenge-3-day-of-birth/#comment-2426 Gawd, I hate reimplementing library functionality unless there's a good reason for it... Anyway, I'll give it a go if I get a bit of bored time! Gawd, I hate reimplementing library functionality unless there’s a good reason for it…

Anyway, I’ll give it a go if I get a bit of bored time!

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