[Data-modeling] Intervals as a primitive data type

[Kirrily Robert]

On 22/02/2009, at 3:40 PM, Tom Morris wrote:
>> There is a type, /measurement_unit/time_interval which can be used  
>> for
>> this.
>
> Thanks for the pointer.  I completely missed that because I was
> looking in the time domain.  I can use that in my modeling even if it
> doesn't get any additional support.

The main way you would usually find this is in the schema editor  
where, if you say that the expected type is a date/time, then "time  
interval" is one of the secondary selections available to you.  You  
shouldn't need to find this by browsing the commons, generally  
speaking.  If you didn't notice it there, I'd be interested to know  
what was going on, in case it's something we can improve in our UI.

K.

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