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#91721 25/07/04 08:33 PM
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I know this can be scripted, but month and year support for $duration would be very welcome.

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The only problem with this as mentioned before is that not every month in the callendar (SP?) has the same amount of days. Im not AGAINST this idea, but I understand why it wouldnt be done. If all months were uniform, then it could be done a lot easier.


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#91723 25/07/04 09:30 PM
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i think a month is uniformly acknowledged as being 4 weeks, so i don't see the problem personally. As long as mIRC calculates the months and years by using weeks, it should be fine.
7 days = a week
4 weeks = a month
52 weeks = a year

Would be nice to see this since i had to script an alternative which isn't perfect.

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I agree with you both to a certain extent - Khaled could introduce a property for $duration (like $duration().years) if he doesn't want to change the default behaviour though.

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The problem with calculating it like that is that there will end up being 13 months for every year. I think that it's better off using days: 30 days = 1 month

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A month is NOT always 4 weeks. 4 weeks * 7 days = 28 days. What about:

Jan (31 days) - missing 3
Feb (the only month to match this - except once every 4 years)
March (31 days) - missing 3
April (30 days) - missing 2
May (31 days) - missing 3
June (30 days) - missing 2
July (31 days) - missing 3
August (31 days) - missing 3
September (30 days) - missing 2
October (31 days) - missing 3
November (30 days) - missing 2
December (31 days) - missing 3

Total of missing days:

3 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 29

If you can get the world to use a 30 day month in its calendar then and only then will you be able to use a real and true uniform system for this and yes, I AM aware that SOME calendars in use DO go by the 30 day/month system.


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#91727 26/07/04 12:19 PM
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Which is why I suggested 30 day months rather than using weeks. At least that way it'll only be 5 days off (6 at most) rather than being 1 month off.

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yes, but even then it wont be truely accurate UNLESS you called it a lunar month duration setting (which correct me if Im wrong is a 30 day cycle). If that's a correct statement then yes, your idea of 30 days would be valid, but I can see people complaining that it's not a TRUE system (even tho I'd love to see $duration extended out personally)


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#91729 26/07/04 09:54 PM
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Who really cares how many days are in a month, its widely known there are 4 weeks in a month, so, 2 months = 8 weeks.

Since $duration is obviously only used for finding the duration of something in seconds, it wont exactly matter if it varies.

Your valid arguements above are most likely why $duration does not support this feature.

Eamonn.

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as was mentioned before, 12 * 4 != 52. You're left a few weeks short, which would kill the script completly. I personally don't want to see months, but would like years. The only thing though, is have years rounded to days (365), or get picky and make it hours (24 * 365 + 6 (~365.25 days in a year))


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