[REBOL] Re: R: Date math bug?
From: maarten:vrijheid at: 24-Mar-2004 17:04
Hi Gabriele,
> GC> Bruno, it seems that you can't make the difference of a date/time with
> GC> another greater.
> GC> In the second example, the correct expression is test2 - test1
>
> The problem actually is that SUBTRACT returns the number of days
> between the two dates; so the result is correct. You have to use
> DIFFERENCE if you want more precision.
>
Or, using infix:
>> now/time
== 17:02:19
2 secs later:
>> now/time - 5
== 17:02:16
IIRC infix is a bit faster (at least it should be as infix ops are
treated special by REBOL).
--Maarten
