#3 Support dates and times using native syntax

[Kevin Rogers]

Would it make sense to improve the support for dates in
millscript, to allow the use of the <, = and > operators
with dates? Obviously you would only be able to
compare dates with dates, '<' would mean is LHS before
RHS and '>' would mean LHS is after RHS...

Does this seem logical at all?

[Kevin Rogers]

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The arithmetic operators don't make sense in relation to dates.
In would be much better to have functions such as isAfter and
isBefore.

A far more useful addition for dates(and times) is to support
them as native syntax. e.g. so you can just type a date straight
into your program. The main issue that arises is what is the
exact syntax and which date/time formats do we allow.

Initial thoughts(with Steve) are along the following lines:

var mydate = date "1st April 2005";
var mydate = date 2005_04_01;
var mydate = [[ 1st April 2005 ]];

The syntax will be discussed and finalised through
OpenSpice.