From: Kohsuke Kawaguchi <Kohsuke.Kawaguchi_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:45:15 -0700

Malachi de AElfweald <malachi_at_EOTI.ORG> wrote:
> I am using it to specify a repeating interval. Basically, I have a
> dateTime for "start" (which comes in as a Calendar object), and a
> duration for "repeat". So, I think a long works best for my case as
> well... Then I could use the Calendar's add function, or use the Timer's
> scheduling.

Sounds like what you really want is a function that adds a duration to a
calendar. That's good because it has a well-defined meaning (whereas
converting a duration to seconds is not.)

Thank you for the input.

regards,

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