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  3. May 2007

Re: 3 Months Ago?

Brian Piotrowski wrote:
Isn't RPG intuitive enough to figure out that if the current month ends
in 31 and the previous month (whatever that happens to be) is <> 31 to
just go the previous day closest to it?


Yes, it works exactly like that. The problem comes in when you add three months back to Feb 28; you get May 28, but humans often expect to get May 31. (The same humans expect that if you subtract 3 months from May 30, and add them back, you should get ... um ... May 28, no May 30, no wait, May 31, no wait ... ummmmm ...)


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