Re: Correcting AGE_INFO
Re: Correcting AGE_INFO
- Subject: Re: Correcting AGE_INFO
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:05:42 -0700
At 18:38 -0500 2/5/10, Deivy Petrescu wrote:
>I don't know much about the business world.
>But if I order something on a Thursday and the order says I'll have it in 5 business days, I assume they mean the next Thursday.
>Is that just me?
>2 business days; I'd expect it on Monday.
A friend on the Silicon Mountain user group complains that there is no way to figure out how old someone is. The problem is that the concept of date has a fractional part. It's one thing that Microsoft got right when they represented date/time values as a float.
If I order at the opening for business instant on Thursday I would expect 5 day delivery at the close of business on the following Wednesday. But if I wait until the secretaries have their coffee and begin answering telephones I wouldn't be surprised to get delivery on Friday because different folks use different rounding algorithms.
Think about the banks who record your deposits at the end of the day on which they are presented but apply your credit card charges immediately on receipt. They're not stupid.
And can I order a cocktail at the start of the day I turn 21? or do I have to wait another day?
It's a bit like determining the start of the century. AppleScript is not, and shouldn't be, designed to answer the question.
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--> So did we celebrate the start of a new decade at the end of 2009? Or do the tens start at in January 2011? Was the first year, 0000 ACE, assigned Roman numeral I ?<--
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