DateTime comparison operators

[namanvs]

Can we get '<', '>', '-', '+' operator overloading for the DateTime class?

I can submit a pull request to implement this if you like.

[awickert]

Please do submit a PR! I am no longer very actively maintaining this code, so community support is much appreciated.

[IowaDave]

Overloading might be desirable. If @namanvs would submit a PR I would be happy to review it.

It may be worth noting, however, that such comparisons and arithmetic can be done presently without overloading. The approach would be to calculate a difference in seconds, taking advantage of the DateTime::unixtime() method.

Code segment:

DateTime A(); // assume initiated properly
DateTime B(); // assume initiated properly
uint32_t a = A.unixtime();
uint32_t b = B.unixtime

if (a > b) { // A is after B }

uint32_t diff = a - b;

[awickert]

Good point @IowaDave.

I don't have need for this overloading so won't be dev'ing it. How about this as a plan?

• If we hear from @namanvs soon-ish about creating a PR, great
• Otherwise, we close this as wontfix with reason "not enough current motivation"

[namanvs]

Hi @awickert and @IowaDave, sorry, I've been travelling but I would be happy to write these operators. I will need about 10 days to get back up to speed and have something ready, but I plan on implementing the following operators: '<', '>', '+', and '-'. I'll probably use @awickert 's suggested strategy but wrap it up into the operators for convenience. I am toying with a modulo operator to return the remainder between 2 operands in the next-smallest unit:

DateTime a % DateTime::DAYS returns number of hours in the remainder.

Would this seem useful?

[IowaDave]

I will wait to complete and PR my documentation on DateTime until after the proposed enhancements to DateTime are in place. Thanks!

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[IowaDave]

@namanvs , @awickert , I have added the DateTime documentation to the master branch of this repo. In the near future, PR #70 may add an example program that uses a DateTime calculation to advance the time values of an alarm.

I'll look forward to viewing that PR you mentioned, if you choose to offer it.

Thank you sincerely,

David

[namanvs]

I have submitted a PR. This is actually the first time I'm contributing to code on Github. Open to feedback and willing to make improvements where identified.

[IowaDave]

@namanvs Welcome! I look forward to reviewing your code.

Please see my comments in the PR (#71). Thanks!

[IowaDave]

Changed the label to Enhancement because that is really what @namanvs is proposing. Leaving this Issue open pending resolution of his PR #71.

cc: @awickert