OrderingDateRanges

Last edit December 13, 2005
This page was really discussion the question of OrderingIntervals rather than specifically ordering date ranges. I've taken the question as originally intended and put the discussion on a more accurately named page. This page has the bit(s) that really relies on the discussion being about dates.


When discussing date - which time zone? Without a specified time zone, a date represents a 48-hour range. In addition to the general DateRange problem:
  • What does it mean to say that two dates are the same if they come from different time zones?
  • What does it mean to say that two times from different time zones fall on the same date? Is it always possible to decide whether they do or not?
  • In general, are dates from different time zones comparable at all?

-- MarcThibault