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type inference problem with Printf.sprintf ?

Emmanuel Dieul
- Mathias Kende
  - Emmanuel Dieul
    - Arlen Cuss
      - Richard Jones
        
        Gregory Bellier
        
        Sylvain Le Gall
        
        Benedikt Grundmann
        
        Dario Teixeira
- David Allsopp

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Richard Jones <rich@a...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] type inference problem with Printf.sprintf ?

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 08:44:10AM +1100, Arlen Cuss wrote:
> # open CalendarLib;;
> # Calendar.now ();;
> - : CalendarLib.Calendar.t = <abstr>
> # Printer.Calendar.print "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S\n" (Calendar.now ());;
> 26/10/2010 21:43:43
> - : unit = ()

Even better, use the internationally standardized format for dates:

# Printer.Calendar.print "%F %T\n" (Calendar.now ()) ;;
2010-10-27 11:28:59
- : unit = ()

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

Rich.

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Richard Jones
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