7.6 The DATE module
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Sealed methods
Summary
Divides a duration by a scale factor
Signature
/ duration scale => new-duration
Arguments
- duration
- An instance of
<duration>. - scale
- An instance of
<real>.
Values
- new-duration
- An instance of
<date>or<duration>. See description for details.
Library
system
Module
date
Description
A number of methods are defined for the + generic function to allow summing of various combinations of dates and durations. Note that there is not a method defined for every possible combination of date and duration. Specifically, you cannot sum different types of duration, and you cannot sum two dates. The return value can be either a date or a duration, depending on the arguments supplied. The table below lists the methods that are defined on +.