Kathy Kam

I am so sorry for not posting the answer to " Double Trouble " sonner. Vacation and busy work schedule has prevented me from doing so, but that's no excuse! Before I dive it why this won't work, I have to admit, you can't really tell without compiling...

Question: Given your machine is in Pacific Time (PST) Time Zone, what is MainProgram.GetAnswer so that MainProgram.Test returns true? class MainProgram { static DateTime GetAnswer() { ???? } static bool Test() { DateTime...

I am so excited about my vacation on August 1st to August 17th. Since I will be on some beach in Thailand, it'll be unlikely that I'll be blogging or answering emails. I didn't annouce my vacation plans in June when I left and received some emails on...

While doing my System.DateTime and System.TimeZone investigation, I come across some old discussions of Date Time and Time Zone. With the US timezone changes coming soon, knowing about the "known" issues with Date Time will be important. DateTime FAQ...

I need to update this FAQ: http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/clr/bcl/TechArticles/techarticles/datetimefaq.doc However before I get around to do it, I want to re-post it as is. If you are doing anything with DateTime, you should really read this. -...

Hot off the press! IronPython RC1 has been released. If you haven't played with it yet, you really should. IronPython 1.0 is supposed to be compatible with CPython 2.4, so if you have any CPython 2.4 application, you should be able to port it to IronPython...

Remember how I ran the Compiler back in March? Well, on Monday July 31th, we have a bigger and better MEGA Compiler Lab! (aka Lang.Net Symposium). This time, Thottam is running it and looks like they have a great agenda! Check it out here: http...

Aside from my DateTime/TimeZone projects, I want to study what are the essential controls in everyday Line of Business (LOB) Applications. A LOB Applications are applications that forms the backbone of running a business/enterprise. E.g. accounting applications...

The BCL Team has been spending a lot of time investigating on how to provide richer support for Time Zones. As the PM who owns System.DateTime, I am tasked with figuring out the scenarios that are important for our developers whose customers needs to...

Wow.. it's been a month since I last posted. My apologies. June was a tough month... the BCL team has been busy designing our new set of features. (I should post some "learnings" of mine on driving these meetings. :)) I also went on vacation. It was just...