In tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov message , Antoine Leca <Antoine.Leca@renault.fr> wrote:
Surely we could think of some other, perhaps even more suitable, name for this? Some ideas: struct moment struct instant struct beat struct clock struct chronos struct tiempo struct heure ... (From this list, I somewhat favor "chronos".)
Me too. However, it may not fit well with the rest of the API, which is clearly English-biased.
Well, IMO that is largely a historical accident; since we are discussing an international standard I'm personally not too interested in enforcing that the language maintain a distinct English bias. And the Greek word chronos (Kronos) is used in English as the combinitive form "chrono-" in several words; provincial English speakers should have no problem understanding the time-related meaning of "chronos". Then again, perhaps it is better to stick with "pure English"; I don't know.
OTOH, struct time is available, too.
Yes, but we still need a name to substitute for the xxx of strfxxx(), and "time" _is_ taken there. --Ken Pizzini