Unit Intervals

[Cameron Dutro]

Hey Mark,

Where would I find the locale-specific date intervals you mentioned? Are
you referring to phrases like "In 2 weeks" and the like?

-Cameron

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Mark Davis ☕️ <mark at macchiato.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Yury Tarasievich <
> yury.tarasievich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dealing with similar problem right now, I'd note that "interval" would
>> primarily mean a pair "startvalue, endvalue" with some formatting to it.
>> That formatting isn't even "widely" cultural tradition, but "narrow"
>> typographic convention, with possibly quite extensive definition, subject
>> to change. E.g., for numbers intervals in Russian language typography,
>> there are "..." and "--" (U+2013) and "---" (U+2014); of course, the "-"
>> (dash) is commonly used; formerly, the U+00F7 was prescribed; in maths
>> related text you'd meet ":" and ", ... ,;"; in bastardised "computer
>> spelling" -- ".." (two dots). And it is context related, too (U+2013 for
>> dates, U+2014 or ellipsis for numbers).
>>
>
> The first message was about recurring dates, like "every Tuesday" or
> "Monday and Wednesdays, the 3rd week of each month". ​We have thought about
> adding those (there are some bugs about them), but haven't yet.
>
> The second message is about intervals / ranges. We support locale-specific
> date intervals, and ranges of other elements (typically numbers), and
> elision (when intervening elements are removed, as in "A very … long
> message").
>
> We don't support multiple choices for any particular interval/range. If
> you have suggestions for improvements...
>
> Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>
>
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