[Gretl-devel] Re: questions about Artur's calendar_utils package

Am 30.09.2021 um 17:29 schrieb Artur T.: > Am 30.09.21 um 16:13 schrieb Sven Schreiber: > >> Then, I'm observing that the result for date_to_iso8601("1984", "%Y") >> is: 19831231. Is this a bug? I would have expected 19840101. > > Looks like a bug on the gretl side to me. Right, see Jack's remarks. > Before proceeding with this, Sven: What's the actual value-added of > having a function which needs to handle a format such as "1994:1" if > "199401" is already supported? > Well, first of all "1994:1" is what gretl uses for quarterly data, so it seems natural. Secondly, things like 199401 are only supported for monthly, right? So for "199402" you'd get 19940201, not the needed start of the second quarter 19940701. Or am  I overlooking something?