[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 594504] New: Need a GType of "Date AND Time AND Timezone"

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http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594504

           Summary: Need a GType of "Date AND Time AND Timezone"
    Classification: Desktop
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: bilboed at gmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
      GNOME target: ---
     GNOME version: ---


--- Comment #0 from Edward Hervey <bilboed at gmail.com> 2009-09-08 14:32:42 UTC ---
We don't have a unified type for Date/Time/Timezone information.

Several elements can parse that information from various streams (demuxers,
exif tag parsers, etc...) , but since we don't have such a type, we can't use
that information in a uniform way.

What we should have is a new GType which stores all the following in a GValue:
* Date (YYYY/MM/DD)
* Time (HH:MM:SS.XXX) (It would be nice to have millisecond precision at least)
* Timezone (+/- HH:MM)
* Dailyght Saving Time (applied or not)

SMPTE specifications S12M and S309M have explanations on how to pack this
information using BCD coding.

This should come with methods or macros to easily read/write all the various
information from the new type.

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