Comments on: C#: Wrapping DateTime http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/25/c-wrapping-datetime/ Thoughts on Software Development Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: OO: Micro Types at Mark Needham http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/25/c-wrapping-datetime/comment-page-1/#comment-12076 OO: Micro Types at Mark Needham Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:41:53 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=975#comment-12076 [...] I mentioned on a previous post about wrapping dates, I was first introduced to the idea by Darren Hobbs as a way of making APIs easier for others to [...] [...] I mentioned on a previous post about wrapping dates, I was first introduced to the idea by Darren Hobbs as a way of making APIs easier for others to [...]

]]> By: Coding: Using ‘ToString’ at Mark Needham http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/25/c-wrapping-datetime/comment-page-1/#comment-11073 Coding: Using ‘ToString’ at Mark Needham Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:45:46 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=975#comment-11073 [...] An interesting conversation I've had recently with some of my colleagues is around the use of the ToString method available on all objects created in Java or C#. It was also pointed out in the comments on my recent post about wrapping DateTimes in our code. [...] [...] An interesting conversation I've had recently with some of my colleagues is around the use of the ToString method available on all objects created in Java or C#. It was also pointed out in the comments on my recent post about wrapping DateTimes in our code. [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Gray http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/25/c-wrapping-datetime/comment-page-1/#comment-10960 Jeremy Gray Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:21:52 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=975#comment-10960 @Mark re: ToString - My client project leaned that way too, until it became clear that there was more benefit to be had from using custom formatting methods for things like logging output and leaving our ToString implementations to be the human-readable, UI-friendly versions because it greatly simplifies data binding in a good many cases. To each their own, of course. :) @Mark re: ToString – My client project leaned that way too, until it became clear that there was more benefit to be had from using custom formatting methods for things like logging output and leaving our ToString implementations to be the human-readable, UI-friendly versions because it greatly simplifies data binding in a good many cases.

To each their own, of course. :)

]]> By: Mark Needham http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/25/c-wrapping-datetime/comment-page-1/#comment-10948 Mark Needham Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:56:44 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=975#comment-10948 Cool idea regarding constructor overload. We've actually been discussing what ToString is for and the consensus seems to be that it is more used as a debugging tool these days rather than as a way of creating a display representation of an object. Also I guess we can be a bit more expressive about what format we are converting to by writing our own 'To...' methods. Cool idea regarding constructor overload.

We've actually been discussing what ToString is for and the consensus seems to be that it is more used as a debugging tool these days rather than as a way of creating a display representation of an object.

Also I guess we can be a bit more expressive about what format we are converting to by writing our own 'To…' methods.

]]> By: Robin Clowers http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/02/25/c-wrapping-datetime/comment-page-1/#comment-10930 Robin Clowers Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:12:28 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=975#comment-10930 That certainly is handy, did you consider adding a constructor overload to parse the string value? Also, I think overriding ToString rather than using ToDisplayFormat might save you a method call here and there. That certainly is handy, did you consider adding a constructor overload to parse the string value? Also, I think overriding ToString rather than using ToDisplayFormat might save you a method call here and there.

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