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

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



--- Comment #11 from Sebastian Dröge <slomo at circular-chaos.org> 2009-09-09 04:33:12 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> ISO 8601 seems appropriate for this.

That doesn't handle DST separate from the timezone and Edward wanted that
(why?)
Also see my the last comment a few lines below, ISO 8601 would require to use a
string.

(In reply to comment #9)
> Why not use a GstClockTimeDiff against the Epoch and a timezone in some
> representation (string or enum)?  That allows you to convert to anything, even
> other calendar systems (= generalized timezone).
> 
> I think it's important to store the UTC timestamp directly, because whatever
> unified processing you do on it, it will probably be done on the UTC
> timestamp...

This will only allow about +-300 years from the epoch.

(In reply to comment #8)
> Why not just a G_TYPE_STRING and a suitable well-defined string format that
> contains all the information needed and is easy to parse?

Edward wanted to not require an additional allocation and store it directly
inside the GValue. Also, even if we define a string format, it still is uglier
to parse than some binary format.

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