diff --git a/roundup/date.py b/roundup/date.py
index 69c9935bb3fbd9286104461fec2d672ef25351ec..d4f5f36d8acae0e51fd8d29120e530678631d579 100644 (file)
--- a/roundup/date.py
+++ b/roundup/date.py
# BASIS, AND THERE IS NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
# SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
#
-# $Id: date.py,v 1.55 2003-11-03 10:23:05 anthonybaxter Exp $
+# $Id: date.py,v 1.56 2003-11-04 12:35:47 anthonybaxter Exp $
__doc__ = """
Date, time and time interval handling.
return (year, month, day, hour, minute, second, 0, 0, 0)
+ def differenceDate(self, other):
+ "Return the difference between this date and another date"
+
def applyInterval(self, interval):
''' Apply the interval to this date
'''
assert isinstance(other, Date), 'May only subtract Dates or Intervals'
- # TODO this code will fall over laughing if the dates cross
- # leap years, phases of the moon, ....
+ return self.dateDelta(other)
+
+ def dateDelta(self, other):
+ """ Produce an Interval of the difference between this date
+ and another date. Only returns days:hours:minutes:seconds.
+ """
+ # Returning intervals larger than a day is almost
+ # impossible - months, years, weeks, are all so imprecise.
a = calendar.timegm((self.year, self.month, self.day, self.hour,
self.minute, self.second, 0, 0, 0))
b = calendar.timegm((other.year, other.month, other.day,
other.hour, other.minute, other.second, 0, 0, 0))
diff = a - b
- if diff < 0:
+ if diff > 0:
sign = 1
- diff = -diff
else:
sign = -1
+ diff = -diff
S = diff%60
M = (diff/60)%60
- H = (diff/(60*60))%60
- if H>1: S = 0
- d = (diff/(24*60*60))%30
- if d>1: H = S = M = 0
- m = (diff/(30*24*60*60))%12
- if m>1: H = S = M = 0
- y = (diff/(365*24*60*60))
- if y>1: d = H = S = M = 0
- return Interval((y, m, d, H, M, S), sign=sign)
+ H = (diff/(60*60))%24
+ d = diff/(24*60*60)
+ return Interval((0, 0, d, H, M, S), sign=sign)
def __cmp__(self, other):
"""Compare this date to another date."""