Extension traits

The time crate contains two extension traits: time::ext::NumericalDuration and time::ext::NumericalStdDuration. These traits exist to make writing code involving durations (both from the time crate and the standard library) cleaner to read. Rather than writing Duration::seconds(5), it is possible to write 5.seconds(). It is possible to use floating point literals such that 1.5.weeks() is equivalent to 3.days() + 12.hours().

NumericalDuration provides the following methods that return a time::Duration:

• .nanoseconds()
• .microseconds()
• .milliseconds()
• .seconds()
• .minutes()
• .hours()
• .days()
• .weeks()

NumericalStdDuration provides the following methods that return a core::time::Duration:

• .std_nanoseconds()
• .std_microseconds()
• .std_milliseconds()
• .std_seconds()
• .std_minutes()
• .std_hours()
• .std_days()
• .std_weeks()

The NumericalDuration trait is implemented for i64 and f64, such that both integer and float literals are able to use the methods. The NumericalStdDuration trait is implemented for u64 and f64 for the same reasons, though the latter will perform a runtime check ensuring the value is non-negative.

While it is possible to use these extension methods on non-literals, such usage is discouraged for ease of reading.