[news.eclipse.platform.swt] M3 DateTime control

[scolebourne@xxxxxxxx (Stephen Colebourne)]

Hi,
I read an article, http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t83882.html, 
about this control. Date and time is an area I am familiar with from 
Joda-Time, http://joda-time.sourceforge.net, which has a complete 
replacement for Date and Calendar.

The article included the following code sample:

DateTime dt = new DateTime(parent, SWT.DATE); // or SWT.TIME if desired
int day = dt.getDay(); // Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH
int hour = dt.getHours(); // Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY
int min = dt.getMinutes(); // Calendar.MINUTE
int month = dt.getMonth(); // Calendar.MONTH
int second = dt.getSeconds(); // Calendar.SECOND
int year = dt.getYear(); // Calendar.YEAR

I was wondering if you would consider changing the API method names to 
match those used in Joda-Time, which were selected for utmost clarity:

DateTime dt = new DateTime(parent, SWT.DATE); // or SWT.TIME if desired
int day = dt.getDayOfMonth(); // Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH
int hour = dt.getHourOfDay(); // Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY
int min = dt.getMinuteOfHour(); // Calendar.MINUTE
int month = dt.getMonthOfYear(); // Calendar.MONTH
int second = dt.getSecondOfMinute(); // Calendar.SECOND
int year = dt.getYear(); // Calendar.YEAR

This might open up the potential for the control to implement the 
Joda-Time ReadableDateTime interface (either by yourselves or a third 
party) enabling even greater integration.

thanks
Stephen