Adding days to std.datetime.Date

[Piotr Szturmaj]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:07:02 -0400, Piotr Szturmaj
> <bncrbme at jadamspam.pl> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to add a particular number of days to a Date?
>>
>> I have number of days since 1 Jan 2000 and I want to convert it to Date:
>>
>> int days = read!int; // number of days since 1 Jan 2000
>> Date x = Date(2000, 1, 1);
>> x.add!"days"(days);
>>
>> Unfortunately add() does not support adding days. Will it be possible
>> in the future or is there another approach?
>
> Yes, use core.time.Duration.
>
> Duration was moved to core so it could be used in core functions, like
> Thread.sleep.
>
> so
>
> x += dur!"days"(days);
>
> See: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/core_time.html#dur

Well, I did find it few mins ago. But std.datetime's doc still states 
that it provide types to represent durations of time.

>
> -Steve

Thanks!