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Re:Fixing a Small Calc.exe Bug by lifthrasiir on Thursday June 20, 2019 @04:09AM (#20230881)
If you are doing the financial calculation or similar, the month unit is absolutely inaccurate and you will keep asking about edge cases (otherwise you may lose money). And if you don't do that, you can cope with approximate units like months, half-months or so. There is no reason that the exact calculation of duration should be done in approximate units.
Re:Fixing a Small Calc.exe Bug by C4stor on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:28AM (#20233869)
Once again, we're talking windows built-in calculator. I really hope the specification is "make it output something that the average user will understand and agree with". And the operative keyword here would be "average".
Re:Fixing a Small Calc.exe Bug by lifthrasiir on Thursday June 20, 2019 @12:35PM (#20234553)
I'm saying that the Windows Calculator does disservice to the general public by showing the exact-ish year-month-day duration at all, it's like experts oversimplifying the complex situation and making laypersons more confused. Sorry if this was not clear.