GNU bug report logs - #36549
27.0.50; decode-time doesn't support sub-second times

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0.50; decode-time doesn't support sub-second times
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:10:49 +0200

(current-time)
=> (23843 16275 300006 490000)

(decode-time '(23843 16275 300006 490000))
=> (23 5 15 8 7 2019 1 t 7200)

(decode-time '(23843 16275 100006 490000))
=> (23 5 15 8 7 2019 1 t 7200)

So there's no way to represent the microseconds (or the picoseconds) in
the decoded time structure, which makes round-tripping inaccurate.  (And
you can't build a parser for time formats with sub-second time based on
the decoded time structure, which is a pain.)

I guess the best way to fix this would be to add the micro- and
picoseconds as (optional) fields at the end of the decoded time list?
It's not very elegant, but it'd be backwards compatible.  A different
approach would be to make the seconds field something else than an
integer, but that would introduce more potential problems, I think...



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Message #10 received at 36549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 36549 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36549: 27.0.50; decode-time doesn't support sub-second times
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 07:01:53 +0200

This has now been implemented by Paul on the trunk and I'm closing the
bug report.

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