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;;; srfi-19.scm --- SRFI-19 procedures for Guile
;;;
;;; 	Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;; 
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;;;
;;; Originally from SRFI reference implementation by Will Fitzgerald.
;;; Ported to Guile by Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>

;; FIXME: I haven't checked a decent amount of this code for potential
;; performance improvements, but I suspect that there may be some
;; substantial ones to be realized, esp. in the later "parsing" half
;; of the file, by rewriting the code with use of more Guile native
;; functions that do more work in a "chunk".

(define-module (srfi srfi-19)
  :use-module (srfi srfi-6)
  :use-module (srfi srfi-8)
  :use-module (srfi srfi-9)
  :export (;; Constants
           time-duration
           time-monotonic
           time-process
           time-tai
           time-thread
           time-utc
           ;; Current time and clock resolution
           current-date
           current-julian-day
           current-modified-julian-day
           current-time
           time-resolution
           ;; Time object and accessors
           make-time
           time?
           time-type
           time-nanosecond
           time-second
           set-time-type!
           set-time-nanosecond!
           set-time-second!
           copy-time
           ;; Time comparison procedures
           time<=?
           time<?
           time=?
           time>=?
           time>?
           ;; Time arithmetic procedures
           time-difference
           time-difference!
           add-duration
           add-duration!
           subtract-duration
           subtract-duration!
           ;; Date object and accessors
           make-date
           date?
           date-nanosecond
           date-second
           date-minute
           date-hour
           date-day
           date-month
           date-year
           date-zone-offset?
           date-year-day
           date-week-day
           date-week-number
           ;; Time/Date/Julian Day/Modified Julian Day converters
           date->julian-day
           date->modified-julian-day
           date->time-monotonic
           date->time-tai
           date->time-utc
           julian-day->date
           julian-day->time-monotonic
           julian-day->time-tai
           julian-day->time-utc
           modified-julian-day->date
           modified-julian-day->time-monotonic
           modified-julian-day->time-tai
           modified-julian-day->time-utc
           time-monotonic->date
           time-monotonic->time-monotonic
           time-monotonic->time-tai
           time-monotonic->time-tai!
           time-monotonic->time-utc
           time-monotonic->time-utc!
           time-tai->date
           time-tai->julian-day
           time-tai->modified-julian-day
           time-tai->time-monotonic
           time-tai->time-monotonic!
           time-tai->time-utc
           time-tai->time-utc!
           time-utc->date
           time-utc->julian-day
           time-utc->modified-julian-day
           time-utc->time-monotonic
           time-utc->time-monotonic!
           time-utc->time-tai
           time-utc->time-tai!
           ;; Date to string/string to date converters.
           date->string
           string->date))

(cond-expand-provide (current-module) '(srfi-19))

(define time-tai 'time-tai)
(define time-utc 'time-utc)
(define time-monotonic 'time-monotonic)
(define time-thread 'time-thread)
(define time-process 'time-process)
(define time-duration 'time-duration)

;; FIXME: do we want to add gc time?
;; (define time-gc 'time-gc)

;;-- LOCALE dependent constants

(define priv:locale-number-separator ".")

(define priv:locale-abbr-weekday-vector
  (vector "Sun" "Mon" "Tue" "Wed" "Thu" "Fri" "Sat")) 

(define priv:locale-long-weekday-vector
  (vector
   "Sunday" "Monday" "Tuesday" "Wednesday" "Thursday" "Friday" "Saturday"))

;; note empty string in 0th place. 
(define priv:locale-abbr-month-vector
  (vector ""
          "Jan"
          "Feb"
          "Mar"
          "Apr"
          "May"
          "Jun"
          "Jul"
          "Aug"
          "Sep"
          "Oct"
          "Nov"
          "Dec")) 

(define priv:locale-long-month-vector
  (vector ""
          "January"
          "February"
          "March"
          "April"
          "May"
          "June"
          "July"
          "August"
          "September"
          "October"
          "November"
          "December")) 

(define priv:locale-pm "PM")
(define priv:locale-am "AM")

;; See date->string
(define priv:locale-date-time-format "~a ~b ~d ~H:~M:~S~z ~Y")
(define priv:locale-short-date-format "~m/~d/~y")
(define priv:locale-time-format "~H:~M:~S")
(define priv:iso-8601-date-time-format "~Y-~m-~dT~H:~M:~S~z")

;;-- Miscellaneous Constants.
;;-- only the priv:tai-epoch-in-jd might need changing if
;;   a different epoch is used.

(define priv:nano 1000000000)           ; nanoseconds in a second
(define priv:sid  86400)                ; seconds in a day
(define priv:sihd 43200)                ; seconds in a half day
(define priv:tai-epoch-in-jd 4881175/2) ; julian day number for 'the epoch'

;; FIXME: should this be something other than misc-error?
(define (priv:time-error caller type value)
  (if value
      (throw 'misc-error caller "TIME-ERROR type ~A: ~S" (list type value) #f)
      (throw 'misc-error caller "TIME-ERROR type ~A" (list type) #f)))

;; A table of leap seconds
;; See ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/tai-utc.dat
;; and update as necessary.
;; this procedures reads the file in the abover
;; format and creates the leap second table
;; it also calls the almost standard, but not R5 procedures read-line 
;; & open-input-string
;; ie (set! priv:leap-second-table (priv:read-tai-utc-date "tai-utc.dat"))

(define (priv:read-tai-utc-data filename)
  (define (convert-jd jd)
    (* (- (inexact->exact jd) priv:tai-epoch-in-jd) priv:sid))
  (define (convert-sec sec)
    (inexact->exact sec))
  (let ((port (open-input-file filename))
        (table '()))
    (let loop ((line (read-line port)))
      (if (not (eq? line eof))
          (begin
            (let* ((data (read (open-input-string
                                (string-append "(" line ")")))) 
                   (year (car data))
                   (jd   (cadddr (cdr data)))
                   (secs (cadddr (cdddr data))))
              (if (>= year 1972)
                  (set! table (cons
                               (cons (convert-jd jd) (convert-sec secs))
                               table)))
              (loop (read-line port))))))
    table))

;; each entry is (tai seconds since epoch . # seconds to subtract for utc)
;; note they go higher to lower, and end in 1972.
(define priv:leap-second-table
  '((915148800 . 32)
    (867715200 . 31)
    (820454400 . 30)
    (773020800 . 29)
    (741484800 . 28)
    (709948800 . 27)
    (662688000 . 26)
    (631152000 . 25)
    (567993600 . 24)
    (489024000 . 23)
    (425865600 . 22)
    (394329600 . 21)
    (362793600 . 20)
    (315532800 . 19)
    (283996800 . 18)
    (252460800 . 17)
    (220924800 . 16)
    (189302400 . 15)
    (157766400 . 14)
    (126230400 . 13)
    (94694400  . 12)
    (78796800  . 11)
    (63072000  . 10)))

(define (read-leap-second-table filename)
  (set! priv:leap-second-table (priv:read-tai-utc-data filename))
  (values))


(define (priv:leap-second-delta utc-seconds)
  (letrec ((lsd (lambda (table)
                  (cond ((>= utc-seconds (caar table))
                         (cdar table))
                        (else (lsd (cdr table)))))))
    (if (< utc-seconds  (* (- 1972 1970) 365 priv:sid)) 0
        (lsd  priv:leap-second-table))))


;;; the TIME structure; creates the accessors, too.

(define-record-type time
  (make-time-unnormalized type nanosecond second)
  time?
  (type time-type set-time-type!)
  (nanosecond time-nanosecond set-time-nanosecond!)
  (second time-second set-time-second!))

(define (copy-time time)
  (make-time (time-type time) (time-nanosecond time) (time-second time)))

(define (priv:time-normalize! t)
  (if (>= (abs (time-nanosecond t)) 1000000000)
      (begin
        (set-time-second! t (+ (time-second t)
                               (quotient (time-nanosecond t) 1000000000)))
        (set-time-nanosecond! t (remainder (time-nanosecond t)
                                           1000000000))))
  (if (and (positive? (time-second t))
           (negative? (time-nanosecond t)))
      (begin
        (set-time-second! t (- (time-second t) 1))
        (set-time-nanosecond! t (+ 1000000000 (time-nanosecond t))))
      (if (and (negative? (time-second t))
               (positive? (time-nanosecond t)))
          (begin
            (set-time-second! t (+ (time-second t) 1))
            (set-time-nanosecond! t (+ 1000000000 (time-nanosecond t))))))
  t)

(define (make-time type nanosecond second)
  (priv:time-normalize! (make-time-unnormalized type nanosecond second)))

;; Helpers
;; FIXME: finish this and publish it?
(define (date->broken-down-time date)
  (let ((result (mktime 0)))
    ;; FIXME: What should we do about leap-seconds which may overflow
    ;; set-tm:sec?
    (set-tm:sec result (date-second date))
    (set-tm:min result (date-minute date))
    (set-tm:hour result (date-hour date))
    ;; FIXME: SRFI day ranges from 0-31.  (not compatible with set-tm:mday).
    (set-tm:mday result (date-day date))
    (set-tm:month result (- (date-month date) 1))
    ;; FIXME: need to signal error on range violation.
    (set-tm:year result (+ 1900 (date-year date)))
    (set-tm:isdst result -1)
    (set-tm:gmtoff result (- (date-zone-offset date)))
    result))

;;; current-time

;;; specific time getters.

(define (priv:current-time-utc)
  ;; Resolution is microseconds.
  (let ((tod (gettimeofday)))
    (make-time time-utc (* (cdr tod) 1000) (car tod))))

(define (priv:current-time-tai)
  ;; Resolution is microseconds.
  (let* ((tod (gettimeofday))
         (sec (car tod))
         (usec (cdr tod)))
    (make-time time-tai
               (* usec 1000)
               (+ (car tod) (priv:leap-second-delta seconds)))))

;;(define (priv:current-time-ms-time time-type proc)
;;  (let ((current-ms (proc)))
;;    (make-time time-type
;;               (quotient current-ms 10000)
;;       (* (remainder current-ms 1000) 10000))))

;; -- we define it to be the same as TAI.
;;    A different implemation of current-time-montonic
;;    will require rewriting all of the time-monotonic converters,
;;    of course.

(define (priv:current-time-monotonic)
  ;; Resolution is microseconds.
  (priv:current-time-tai))

(define (priv:current-time-thread)
  (priv:time-error 'current-time 'unsupported-clock-type 'time-thread))

(define priv:ns-per-guile-tick (/ 1000000000 internal-time-units-per-second))

(define (priv:current-time-process)
  (let ((run-time (get-internal-run-time)))
    (make-time
     time-process
     (quotient run-time internal-time-units-per-second)
     (* (remainder run-time internal-time-units-per-second)
        priv:ns-per-guile-tick))))

(define (priv:current-time-process)
  (let ((run-time (get-internal-run-time)))
    (list
     'time-process
     (* (remainder run-time internal-time-units-per-second)
        priv:ns-per-guile-tick)
     (quotient run-time internal-time-units-per-second))))

;;(define (priv:current-time-gc)
;;  (priv:current-time-ms-time time-gc current-gc-milliseconds))

(define (current-time . clock-type)
  (let ((clock-type (if (null? clock-type) time-utc (car clock-type))))
    (cond
     ((eq? clock-type time-tai) (priv:current-time-tai))
     ((eq? clock-type time-utc) (priv:current-time-utc))
     ((eq? clock-type time-monotonic) (priv:current-time-monotonic))
     ((eq? clock-type time-thread) (priv:current-time-thread))
     ((eq? clock-type time-process) (priv:current-time-process))
     ;;     ((eq? clock-type time-gc) (priv:current-time-gc))
     (else (priv:time-error 'current-time 'invalid-clock-type clock-type)))))

;; -- Time Resolution
;; This is the resolution of the clock in nanoseconds.
;; This will be implementation specific.

(define (time-resolution . clock-type)
  (let ((clock-type (if (null? clock-type) time-utc (car clock-type))))
    (case clock-type
      ((time-tai) 1000)
      ((time-utc) 1000)
      ((time-monotonic) 1000)
      ((time-process) priv:ns-per-guile-tick)
      ;;     ((eq? clock-type time-thread) 1000)
      ;;     ((eq? clock-type time-gc) 10000)
      (else (priv:time-error 'time-resolution 'invalid-clock-type clock-type)))))

;; -- Time comparisons

(define (time=? t1 t2)
  ;; Arrange tests for speed and presume that t1 and t2 are actually times.
  ;; also presume it will be rare to check two times of different types.
  (and (= (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
       (= (time-nanosecond t1) (time-nanosecond 2))
       (eq? (time-type t1) (time-type t2))))

(define (time>? t1 t2)
  (or (> (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
      (and (= (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
           (> (time-nanosecond t1) (time-nanosecond t2)))))

(define (time<? t1 t2)
  (or (< (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
      (and (= (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
           (< (time-nanosecond t1) (time-nanosecond t2)))))

(define (time>=? t1 t2)
  (or (> (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
      (and (= (time-second t1) (time-second t2))
           (>= (time-nanosecond t1) (time-nanosecond t2)))))

(define (time<=? t1 t2)
  (or (< (time-second time1) (time-second time2))
      (and (= (time-second time1) (time-second time2))
           (<= (time-nanosecond time1) (time-nanosecond time2)))))

;; -- Time arithmetic

(define (time-difference! time1 time2)
  (let ((sec-diff (- (time-second time1) (time-second time2)))
        (nsec-diff (- (time-nanosecond time1) (time-nanosecond time2))))
    (set-time-type! time1 time-duration)
    (set-time-second! time1 sec-diff)
    (set-time-nanosecond! time1 nsec-diff)
    (priv:time-normalize! time1)))

(define (time-difference time1 time2)
  (let ((result (copy-time time1)))
    (time-difference! result time2)))

(define (add-duration! t duration)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type duration) time-duration))
      (priv:time-error 'add-duration 'not-duration duration)
      (let ((sec-plus (+ (time-second t) (time-second duration)))
            (nsec-plus (+ (time-nanosecond t) (time-nanosecond duration))))
        (set-time-second! t sec-plus)
        (set-time-nanosecond! t nsec-plus)
        (priv:time-normalize! t))))

(define (priv:add-duration t duration)
  (let ((result (copy-time t)))
    (add-duration! result)))

(define (subtract-duration! t duration)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type duration) time-duration))
      (priv:time-error 'add-duration 'not-duration duration)
      (let ((sec-minus  (- (time-second t) (time-second duration)))
            (nsec-minus (- (time-nanosecond t) (time-nanosecond duration))))
        (set-time-second! t sec-minus)
        (set-time-nanosecond! t nsec-minus)
        (priv:time-normalize! t))))

(define (subtract-duration time1 duration)
  (let ((result (copy-time time1)))
    (subtract-duration! result duration)))

;; -- Converters between types.

(define (priv:time-tai->time-utc! time-in time-out caller)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-tai))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (set-time-type! time-out time-utc)
  (set-time-nanosecond! time-out (time-nanosecond time-in))
  (set-time-second!     time-out (- (time-second time-in)
                                    (priv:leap-second-delta 
                                     (time-second time-in))))
  time-out)

(define (time-tai->time-utc time-in)
  (priv:time-tai->time-utc! time-in (make-time #f #f #f) 'time-tai->time-utc))


(define (time-tai->time-utc! time-in)
  (priv:time-tai->time-utc! time-in time-in 'time-tai->time-utc!))

(define (priv:time-utc->time-tai! time-in time-out caller)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-utc))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (set-time-type! time-out time-tai)
  (set-time-nanosecond! time-out (time-nanosecond time-in))
  (set-time-second!     time-out (+ (time-second time-in)
                                    (priv:leap-second-delta 
                                     (time-second time-in))))
  time-out)

(define (time-utc->time-tai time-in)
  (priv:time-utc->time-tai! time-in (make-time #f #f #f) 'time-utc->time-tai))

(define (time-utc->time-tai! time-in)
  (priv:time-utc->time-tai! time-in time-in 'time-utc->time-tai!))

;; -- these depend on time-monotonic having the same definition as time-tai!
(define (time-monotonic->time-utc time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-monotonic))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (let ((ntime (copy-time time-in)))
    (set-time-type! ntime time-tai)
    (priv:time-tai->time-utc! ntime ntime 'time-monotonic->time-utc)))

(define (time-monotonic->time-utc! time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-monotonic))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (set-time-type! time-in time-tai)
  (priv:time-tai->time-utc! ntime ntime 'time-monotonic->time-utc))

(define (time-monotonic->time-tai time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-monotonic))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (let ((ntime (copy-time time-in)))
    (set-time-type! ntime time-tai)
    ntime))

(define (time-monotonic->time-tai! time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-monotonic))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (set-time-type! time-in time-tai)
  time-in)

(define (time-utc->time-monotonic time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-utc))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (let ((ntime (priv:time-utc->time-tai! time-in (make-time #f #f #f)
                                         'time-utc->time-monotonic)))
    (set-time-type! ntime time-monotonic)
    ntime))

(define (time-utc->time-monotonic! time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-utc))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (let ((ntime (priv:time-utc->time-tai! time-in time-in
                                         'time-utc->time-monotonic!)))
    (set-time-type! ntime time-monotonic)
    ntime))

(define (time-tai->time-monotonic time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-tai))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (let ((ntime (copy-time time-in)))
    (set-time-type! ntime time-monotonic)
    ntime))

(define (time-tai->time-monotonic! time-in)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time-in) time-tai))
      (priv:time-error caller 'incompatible-time-types time-in))
  (set-time-type! time-in time-monotonic)
  time-in)

;; -- Date Structures

;; FIXME: to be really safe, perhaps we should normalize the
;; seconds/nanoseconds/minutes coming in to make-date...

(define-record-type date
  (make-date nanosecond second minute
             hour day month
             year
             zone-offset)
  date?
  (nanosecond date-nanosecond)
  (second date-second)
  (minute date-minute)
  (hour date-hour)
  (day date-day)
  (month date-month)
  (year date-year)
  (zone-offset date-zone-offset))

(define (priv:time-normalize! t)
  (if (>= (abs (time-nanosecond t)) 1000000000)
      (begin
        (set-time-second! t (+ (time-second t)
                               (quotient (time-nanosecond t) 1000000000)))
        (set-time-nanosecond! t (remainder (time-nanosecond t)
                                           1000000000))))
  (if (and (positive? (time-second t))
           (negative? (time-nanosecond t)))
      (begin
        (set-time-second! t (- (time-second t) 1))
        (set-time-nanosecond! t (+ 1000000000 (time-nanosecond t))))
      (if (and (negative? (time-second t))
               (positive? (time-nanosecond t)))
          (begin
            (set-time-second! t (+ (time-second t) 1))
            (set-time-nanosecond! t (+ 1000000000 (time-nanosecond t))))))
  t)


;; gives the julian day which starts at noon.
(define (priv:encode-julian-day-number day month year)
  (let* ((a (quotient (- 14 month) 12))
         (y (- (+ year 4800) a (if (negative? year) -1  0)))
         (m (- (+ month (* 12 a)) 3)))
    (+ day
       (quotient (+ (* 153 m) 2) 5)
       (* 365 y)
       (quotient y 4)
       (- (quotient y 100))
       (quotient y 400)
       -32045)))

(define (priv:split-real r)
  (if (integer? r) (values r 0)
      (let ((l (truncate r)))
        (values l (- r l)))))

;; gives the seconds/date/month/year 
(define (priv:decode-julian-day-number jdn)
  (let* ((days (inexact->exact (truncate jdn)))
         (a (+ days 32044))
         (b (quotient (+ (* 4 a) 3) 146097))
         (c (- a (quotient (* 146097 b) 4)))
         (d (quotient (+ (* 4 c) 3) 1461))
         (e (- c (quotient (* 1461 d) 4)))
         (m (quotient (+ (* 5 e) 2) 153))
         (y (+ (* 100 b) d -4800 (quotient m 10))))
    (values ; seconds date month year
     (* (- jdn days) priv:sid)
     (+ e (- (quotient (+ (* 153 m) 2) 5)) 1)
     (+ m 3 (* -12 (quotient m 10)))
     (if (>= 0 y) (- y 1) y))))

;; relies on the fact that we named our time zone accessor
;; differently from MzScheme's....
;; This should be written to be OS specific.

(define (priv:local-tz-offset)
  ;; SRFI uses seconds West, but guile (and libc) use seconds East.
  (- (tm:gmtoff (localtime 0))))

;; special thing -- ignores nanos
(define (priv:time->julian-day-number seconds tz-offset)
  (+ (/ (+ seconds tz-offset priv:sihd)
        priv:sid)
     priv:tai-epoch-in-jd))

(define (priv:leap-second? second)
  (and (assoc second priv:leap-second-table) #t))

(define (time-utc->date time . tz-offset)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time) time-utc))
      (priv:time-error 'time->date 'incompatible-time-types  time))
  (let* ((offset (if (null? tz-offset) (priv:local-tz-offset) (car tz-offset)))
         (leap-second? (priv:leap-second? (+ offset (time-second time))))
         (jdn (priv:time->julian-day-number (if leap-second?
                                                (- (time-second time) 1)
                                                (time-second time))
                                            offset)))

    (call-with-values (lambda () (priv:decode-julian-day-number jdn))
      (lambda (secs date month year)
        (let* ((int-secs (inexact->exact (floor secs)))
               (hours    (quotient int-secs (* 60 60)))
               (rem      (remainder int-secs (* 60 60)))
               (minutes  (quotient rem 60))
               (seconds  (remainder rem 60)))
          (make-date (time-nanosecond time)
                     (if leap-second? (+ seconds 1) seconds)
                     minutes
                     hours
                     date
                     month
                     year
                     offset))))))

(define (time-tai->date time  . tz-offset)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time) time-tai))
      (priv:time-error 'time->date 'incompatible-time-types  time))
  (let* ((offset (if (null? tz-offset) (priv:local-tz-offset) (car tz-offset)))
         (seconds (- (time-second time)
                     (priv:leap-second-delta (time-second time))))
         (leap-second? (priv:leap-second? (+ offset seconds)))
         (jdn (priv:time->julian-day-number (if leap-second?
                                                (- seconds 1)
                                                seconds)
                                            offset)))
    (call-with-values (lambda () (priv:decode-julian-day-number jdn))
      (lambda (secs date month year)
        ;; adjust for leap seconds if necessary ...
        (let* ((hours    (quotient secs (* 60 60)))
               (rem      (remainder secs (* 60 60)))
               (minutes  (quotient rem 60))
               (seconds  (remainder rem 60)))
          (make-date (time-nanosecond time)
                     (if leap-second? (+ seconds 1) seconds)
                     minutes
                     hours
                     date
                     month
                     year
                     offset))))))

;; this is the same as time-tai->date.
(define (time-monotonic->date time . tz-offset)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time) time-monotonic))
      (priv:time-error 'time->date 'incompatible-time-types  time))
  (let* ((offset (if (null? tz-offset) (priv:local-tz-offset) (car tz-offset)))
         (seconds (- (time-second time)
                     (priv:leap-second-delta (time-second time))))
         (leap-second? (priv:leap-second? (+ offset seconds)))
         (jdn (priv:time->julian-day-number (if leap-second?
                                                (- seconds 1)
                                                seconds)
                                            offset)))
    (call-with-values (lambda () (priv:decode-julian-day-number jdn))
      (lambda (secs date month year)
        ;; adjust for leap seconds if necessary ...
        (let* ((hours    (quotient secs (* 60 60)))
               (rem      (remainder secs (* 60 60)))
               (minutes  (quotient rem 60))
               (seconds  (remainder rem 60)))
          (make-date (time-nanosecond time)
                     (if leap-second? (+ seconds 1) seconds)
                     minutes
                     hours
                     date
                     month
                     year
                     offset))))))

(define (date->time-utc date)
  (let ((jdays (- (priv:encode-julian-day-number (date-day date)
                                                 (date-month date)
                                                 (date-year date))
                  priv:tai-epoch-in-jd)))
    (make-time 
     time-utc
     (date-nanosecond date)
     (+ (* (- jdays 1/2) 24 60 60)
        (* (date-hour date) 60 60)
        (* (date-minute date) 60)
        (date-second date)))))

(define (date->time-tai date)
  (time-utc->time-tai! (date->time-utc date)))

(define (date->time-monotonic date)
  (time-utc->time-monotonic! (date->time-utc date)))

(define (priv:leap-year? year)
  (or (= (modulo year 400) 0)
      (and (= (modulo year 4) 0) (not (= (modulo year 100) 0)))))

(define (leap-year? date)
  (priv:leap-year? (date-year date)))

(define  priv:month-assoc '((1 . 31)  (2 . 59)   (3 . 90)   (4 . 120) 
                            (5 . 151) (6 . 181)  (7 . 212)  (8 . 243)
                            (9 . 273) (10 . 304) (11 . 334) (12 . 365)))

(define (priv:year-day day month year)
  (let ((days-pr (assoc day priv:month-assoc)))
    (if (not days-pr)
        (priv:error 'date-year-day 'invalid-month-specification month))
    (if (and (priv:leap-year? year) (> month 2))
        (+ day (cdr days-pr) 1)
        (+ day (cdr days-pr)))))

(define (date-year-day date)
  (priv:year-day (date-day date) (date-month date) (date-year date)))

;; from calendar faq 
(define (priv:week-day day month year)
  (let* ((a (quotient (- 14 month) 12))
         (y (- year a))
         (m (+ month (* 12 a) -2)))
    (modulo (+ day
               y
               (quotient y 4)
               (- (quotient y 100))
               (quotient y 400)
               (quotient (* 31 m) 12))
            7)))

(define (date-week-day date)
  (priv:week-day (date-day date) (date-month date) (date-year date)))

(define (priv:days-before-first-week date day-of-week-starting-week)
  (let* ((first-day (make-date 0 0 0 0
                               1
                               1
                               (date-year date)
                               #f))
         (fdweek-day (date-week-day first-day)))
    (modulo (- day-of-week-starting-week fdweek-day)
            7)))

(define (date-week-number date day-of-week-starting-week)
  (quotient (- (date-year-day date)
               (priv:days-before-first-week  date day-of-week-starting-week))
            7))

(define (current-date . tz-offset) 
  (time-utc->date
   (current-time time-utc)
   (if (null? tz-offset) (priv:local-tz-offset) (car tz-offset))))

;; given a 'two digit' number, find the year within 50 years +/-
(define (priv:natural-year n)
  (let* ((current-year (date-year (current-date)))
         (current-century (* (quotient current-year 100) 100)))
    (cond
     ((>= n 100) n)
     ((<  n 0) n)
     ((<=  (- (+ current-century n) current-year) 50) (+ current-century n))
     (else (+ (- current-century 100) n)))))

(define (date->julian-day date)
  (let ((nanosecond (date-nanosecond date))
        (second (date-second date))
        (minute (date-minute date))
        (hour (date-hour date))
        (day (date-day date))
        (month (date-month date))
        (year (date-year date)))
    (+ (priv:encode-julian-day-number day month year)
       (- 1/2)
       (+ (/ (+ (* hour 60 60)
                (* minute 60)
                second
                (/ nanosecond priv:nano))
             priv:sid)))))

(define (date->modified-julian-day date)
  (- (date->julian-day date)
     4800001/2))

(define (time-utc->julian-day time)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time) time-utc))
      (priv:time-error 'time->date 'incompatible-time-types  time))
  (+ (/ (+ (time-second time) (/ (time-nanosecond time) priv:nano))
        priv:sid)
     priv:tai-epoch-in-jd))

(define (time-utc->modified-julian-day time)
  (- (time-utc->julian-day time)
     4800001/2))

(define (time-tai->julian-day time)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time) time-tai))
      (priv:time-error 'time->date 'incompatible-time-types  time))
  (+ (/ (+ (- (time-second time) 
              (priv:leap-second-delta (time-second time)))
           (/ (time-nanosecond time) priv:nano))
        priv:sid)
     priv:tai-epoch-in-jd))

(define (time-tai->modified-julian-day time)
  (- (time-tai->julian-day time)
     4800001/2))

;; this is the same as time-tai->julian-day
(define (time-monotonic->julian-day time)
  (if (not (eq? (time-type time) time-monotonic))
      (priv:time-error 'time->date 'incompatible-time-types  time))
  (+ (/ (+ (- (time-second time) 
              (priv:leap-second-delta (time-second time)))
           (/ (time-nanosecond time) priv:nano))
        priv:sid)
     priv:tai-epoch-in-jd))

(define (time-monotonic->modified-julian-day time)
  (- (time-monotonic->julian-day time)
     4800001/2))

(define (julian-day->time-utc jdn)
  (let ((secs (* priv:sid (- jdn priv:tai-epoch-in-jd))))
    (receive (seconds parts)
             (priv:split-real secs)
             (make-time time-utc 
                        (inexact->exact (truncate (* parts priv:nano)))
                        (inexact->exact seconds)))))

(define (julian-day->time-tai jdn)
  (time-utc->time-tai! (julian-day->time-utc jdn)))

(define (julian-day->time-monotonic jdn)
  (time-utc->time-monotonic! (julian-day->time-utc jdn)))

(define (julian-day->date jdn . tz-offset)
  (let ((offset (if (null? tz-offset) (priv:local-tz-offset) (car tz-offset))))
    (time-utc->date (julian-day->time-utc jdn) offset)))

(define (modified-julian-day->date jdn . tz-offset)
  (let ((offset (if (null? tz-offset) (priv:local-tz-offset) (car tz-offset))))
    (julian-day->date (+ jdn 4800001/2) offset)))

(define (modified-julian-day->time-utc jdn)
  (julian-day->time-utc (+ jdn 4800001/2)))

(define (modified-julian-day->time-tai jdn)
  (julian-day->time-tai (+ jdn 4800001/2)))

(define (modified-julian-day->time-monotonic jdn)
  (julian-day->time-monotonic (+ jdn 4800001/2)))

(define (current-julian-day)
  (time-utc->julian-day (current-time time-utc)))

(define (current-modified-julian-day)
  (time-utc->modified-julian-day (current-time time-utc)))

;; returns a string rep. of number N, of minimum LENGTH, padded with
;; character PAD-WITH. If PAD-WITH is #f, no padding is done, and it's
;; as if number->string was used.  if string is longer than or equal
;; in length to LENGTH, it's as if number->string was used.

(define (priv:padding n pad-with length)
  (let* ((str (number->string n))
         (str-len (string-length str)))
    (if (or (>= str-len length)
            (not pad-with))
        str
        (string-append (make-string (- length str-len) pad-with) str))))

(define (priv:last-n-digits i n)
  (abs (remainder i (expt 10 n))))

(define (priv:locale-abbr-weekday n) 
  (vector-ref priv:locale-abbr-weekday-vector n))

(define (priv:locale-long-weekday n)
  (vector-ref priv:locale-long-weekday-vector n))

(define (priv:locale-abbr-month n)
  (vector-ref priv:locale-abbr-month-vector n))

(define (priv:locale-long-month n)
  (vector-ref priv:locale-long-month-vector n))

(define (priv:vector-find needle haystack comparator)
  (let ((len (vector-length haystack)))
    (define (priv:vector-find-int index)
      (cond
       ((>= index len) #f)
       ((comparator needle (vector-ref haystack index)) index)
       (else (priv:vector-find-int (+ index 1)))))
    (priv:vector-find-int 0)))

(define (priv:locale-abbr-weekday->index string)
  (priv:vector-find string priv:locale-abbr-weekday-vector string=?))

(define (priv:locale-long-weekday->index string)
  (priv:vector-find string priv:locale-long-weekday-vector string=?))

(define (priv:locale-abbr-month->index string)
  (priv:vector-find string priv:locale-abbr-month-vector string=?))

(define (priv:locale-long-month->index string)
  (priv:vector-find string priv:locale-long-month-vector string=?))


;; do nothing. 
;; Your implementation might want to do something...
;; 
;; FIXME: is it even possible to do anything reasonable here?
(define (priv:locale-print-time-zone date port)
  (values))

;; FIXME: we should use strftime to determine this dynamically if possible.
;; Again, locale specific.
(define (priv:locale-am/pm hr)
  (if (> hr 11) priv:locale-pm priv:locale-am))

(define (priv:tz-printer offset port)
  (cond
   ((= offset 0) (display "Z" port))
   ((negative? offset) (display "-" port))
   (else (display "+" port)))
  (if (not (= offset 0))
      (let ((hours   (abs (quotient offset (* 60 60))))
            (minutes (abs (quotient (remainder offset (* 60 60)) 60))))
        (display (priv:padding hours #\0 2) port)
        (display (priv:padding minutes #\0 2) port))))

;; STOPPED-HERE

;; A table of output formatting directives.
;; the first time is the format char.
;; the second is a procedure that takes the date, a padding character
;; (which might be #f), and the output port.
;;
(define priv:directives 
  (list
   (cons #\~ (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display #\~ port)))
   (cons #\a (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:locale-abbr-weekday (date-week-day date))
                        port)))
   (cons #\A (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:locale-long-weekday (date-week-day date))
                        port)))
   (cons #\b (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:locale-abbr-month (date-month date))
                        port)))
   (cons #\B (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:locale-long-month (date-month date))
                        port)))
   (cons #\c (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date priv:locale-date-time-format) port)))
   (cons #\d (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-day date)
                                      #\0 2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\D (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~m/~d/~y") port)))
   (cons #\e (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-day date)
                                      #\Space 2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\f (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (if (> (date-nanosecond date)
                      priv:nano)
                   (display (priv:padding (+ (date-second date) 1)
                                          pad-with 2)
                            port)
                   (display (priv:padding (date-second date)
                                          pad-with 2)
                            port))
               (receive (i f) 
                        (priv:split-real (/ 
                                          (date-nanosecond date)
                                          priv:nano 1.0))
                        (let* ((ns (number->string f))
                               (le (string-length ns)))
                          (if (> le 2)
                              (begin
                                (display priv:locale-number-separator port)
                                (display (substring ns 2 le) port)))))))
   (cons #\h (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~b") port)))
   (cons #\H (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-hour date)
                                      pad-with 2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\I (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (let ((hr (date-hour date)))
                 (if (> hr 12)
                     (display (priv:padding (- hr 12)
                                            pad-with 2)
                              port)
                     (display (priv:padding hr
                                            pad-with 2)
                              port)))))
   (cons #\j (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-year-day date)
                                      pad-with 3)
                        port)))
   (cons #\k (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-hour date)
                                      #\Space 2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\l (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (let ((hr (if (> (date-hour date) 12)
                             (- (date-hour date) 12) (date-hour date))))
                 (display (priv:padding hr  #\Space 2)
                          port))))
   (cons #\m (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-month date)
                                      pad-with 2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\M (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-minute date)
                                      pad-with 2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\n (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (newline port)))
   (cons #\N (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-nanosecond date)
                                      pad-with 7)
                        port)))
   (cons #\p (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:locale-am/pm (date-hour date)) port)))
   (cons #\r (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~I:~M:~S ~p") port)))
   (cons #\s (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (time-second (date->time-utc date)) port)))
   (cons #\S (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (if (> (date-nanosecond date)
                      priv:nano)
                   (display (priv:padding (+ (date-second date) 1)
                                          pad-with 2)
                            port)
                   (display (priv:padding (date-second date)
                                          pad-with 2)
                            port))))
   (cons #\t (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display #\Tab port)))
   (cons #\T (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~H:~M:~S") port)))
   (cons #\U (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (if (> (priv:days-before-first-week date 0) 0)
                   (display (priv:padding (+ (date-week-number date 0) 1)
                                          #\0 2) port)
                   (display (priv:padding (date-week-number date 0)
                                          #\0 2) port))))
   (cons #\V (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (date-week-number date 1)
                                      #\0 2) port)))
   (cons #\w (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date-week-day date) port)))
   (cons #\x (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date priv:locale-short-date-format) port)))
   (cons #\X (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date priv:locale-time-format) port)))
   (cons #\W (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (if (> (priv:days-before-first-week date 1) 0)
                   (display (priv:padding (+ (date-week-number date 1) 1)
                                          #\0 2) port)
                   (display (priv:padding (date-week-number date 1)
                                          #\0 2) port))))
   (cons #\y (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (priv:padding (priv:last-n-digits 
                                       (date-year date) 2)
                                      pad-with
                                      2)
                        port)))
   (cons #\Y (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date-year date) port)))
   (cons #\z (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (priv:tz-printer (date-zone-offset date) port)))
   (cons #\Z (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (priv:locale-print-time-zone date port)))
   (cons #\1 (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~Y-~m-~d") port)))
   (cons #\2 (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~k:~M:~S~z") port)))
   (cons #\3 (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~k:~M:~S") port)))
   (cons #\4 (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~Y-~m-~dT~k:~M:~S~z") port)))
   (cons #\5 (lambda (date pad-with port)
               (display (date->string date "~Y-~m-~dT~k:~M:~S") port)))))


(define (priv:get-formatter char)
  (let ((associated (assoc char priv:directives)))
    (if associated (cdr associated) #f)))

(define (priv:date-printer date index format-string str-len port)
  (if (>= index str-len)
      (values)
      (let ((current-char (string-ref format-string index)))
        (if (not (char=? current-char #\~))
            (begin
              (display current-char port)
              (priv:date-printer date (+ index 1) format-string str-len port))
            (if (= (+ index 1) str-len) ; bad format string.
                (priv:time-error 'priv:date-printer 'bad-date-format-string 
                                 format-string)
                (let ((pad-char? (string-ref format-string (+ index 1))))
                  (cond
                   ((char=? pad-char? #\-)
                    (if (= (+ index 2) str-len) ; bad format string.
                        (priv:time-error 'priv:date-printer
                                         'bad-date-format-string 
                                         format-string)
                        (let ((formatter (priv:get-formatter 
                                          (string-ref format-string
                                                      (+ index 2)))))
                          (if (not formatter)
                              (priv:time-error 'priv:date-printer
                                               'bad-date-format-string 
                                               format-string)
                              (begin
                                (formatter date #f port)
                                (priv:date-printer date
                                                   (+ index 3)
                                                   format-string
                                                   str-len
                                                   port))))))
                   
                   ((char=? pad-char? #\_)
                    (if (= (+ index 2) str-len) ; bad format string.
                        (priv:time-error 'priv:date-printer
                                         'bad-date-format-string 
                                         format-string)
                        (let ((formatter (priv:get-formatter 
                                          (string-ref format-string
                                                      (+ index 2)))))
                          (if (not formatter)
                              (priv:time-error 'priv:date-printer
                                               'bad-date-format-string 
                                               format-string)
                              (begin
                                (formatter date #\Space port)
                                (priv:date-printer date
                                                   (+ index 3)
                                                   format-string
                                                   str-len
                                                   port))))))
                   (else
                    (let ((formatter (priv:get-formatter 
                                      (string-ref format-string
                                                  (+ index 1)))))
                      (if (not formatter)
                          (priv:time-error 'priv:date-printer
                                           'bad-date-format-string 
                                           format-string)
                          (begin
                            (formatter date #\0 port)
                            (priv:date-printer date
                                               (+ index 2)
                                               format-string
                                               str-len
                                               port))))))))))))


(define (date->string date .  format-string)
  (let ((str-port (open-output-string))
        (fmt-str (if (null? format-string) "~c" (car format-string))))
    (priv:date-printer date 0 fmt-str (string-length fmt-str) str-port)
    (get-output-string str-port)))

(define (priv:char->int ch)
  (case ch
   ((#\0) 0)
   ((#\1) 1)
   ((#\2) 2)
   ((#\3) 3)
   ((#\4) 4)
   ((#\5) 5)
   ((#\6) 6)
   ((#\7) 7)
   ((#\8) 8)
   ((#\9) 9)
   (else (priv:time-error 'bad-date-template-string
                          (list "Non-integer character" ch i)))))

;; read an integer upto n characters long on port; upto -> #f is any length
(define (priv:integer-reader upto port)
  (let loop ((accum 0) (nchars 0))
    (let ((ch (peek-char port)))
      (if (or (eof-object? ch)
              (not (char-numeric? ch))
              (and upto (>= nchars  upto)))
          accum
          (loop port
                (+ (* accum 10) (priv:char->int (read-char port)))
                (+ nchars 1))))))

(define (priv:make-integer-reader upto)
  (lambda (port)
    (priv:integer-reader upto port)))

;; read *exactly* n characters and convert to integer; could be padded
(define (priv:integer-reader-exact n port)
  (let ((padding-ok #t))
    (define (accum-int port accum nchars)
      (let ((ch (peek-char port)))
	(cond
	 ((>= nchars n) accum)
	 ((eof-object? ch) 
	  (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string 
                           "Premature ending to integer read."))
	 ((char-numeric? ch)
	  (set! padding-ok #f)
	  (accum-int port
                     (+ (* accum 10) (priv:char->int (read-char port)))
		     (+ nchars 1)))
	 (padding-ok
	  (read-char port) ; consume padding
	  (accum-int port accum (+ nchars 1)))
	 (else ; padding where it shouldn't be
	  (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string 
                           "Non-numeric characters in integer read.")))))
    (accum-int port 0 0)))


(define (priv:make-integer-exact-reader n)
  (lambda (port)
    (priv:integer-reader-exact n port)))

(define (priv:zone-reader port) 
  (let ((offset 0) 
        (positive? #f))
    (let ((ch (read-char port)))
      (if (eof-object? ch)
          (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string
                           (list "Invalid time zone +/-" ch)))
      (if (or (char=? ch #\Z) (char=? ch #\z))
          0
          (begin
            (cond
             ((char=? ch #\+) (set! positive? #t))
             ((char=? ch #\-) (set! positive? #f))
             (else
              (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string
                               (list "Invalid time zone +/-" ch))))
            (let ((ch (read-char port)))
              (if (eof-object? ch)
                  (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string
                                   (list "Invalid time zone number" ch)))
              (set! offset (* (priv:char->int ch)
                              10 60 60)))
            (let ((ch (read-char port)))
              (if (eof-object? ch)
                  (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string
                                   (list "Invalid time zone number" ch)))
              (set! offset (+ offset (* (priv:char->int ch)
                                        60 60))))
            (let ((ch (read-char port)))
              (if (eof-object? ch)
                  (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string
                                   (list "Invalid time zone number" ch)))
              (set! offset (+ offset (* (priv:char->int ch)
                                        10 60))))
            (let ((ch (read-char port)))
              (if (eof-object? ch)
                  (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-template-string
                                   (list "Invalid time zone number" ch)))
              (set! offset (+ offset (* (priv:char->int ch)
                                        60))))
            (if positive? offset (- offset)))))))

;; looking at a char, read the char string, run thru indexer, return index
(define (priv:locale-reader port indexer)
  (let ((string-port (open-output-string)))
    (define (read-char-string)
      (let ((ch (peek-char port)))
        (if (char-alphabetic? ch)
            (begin (write-char (read-char port) string-port) 
                   (read-char-string))
            (get-output-string string-port))))
    (let* ((str (read-char-string)) 
           (index (indexer str)))
      (if index index (priv:time-error 'string->date
                                       'bad-date-template-string
                                       (list "Invalid string for " indexer))))))

(define (priv:make-locale-reader indexer)
  (lambda (port)
    (priv:locale-reader port indexer)))

(define (priv:make-char-id-reader char)
  (lambda (port)
    (if (char=? char (read-char port))
        char
        (priv:time-error 'string->date
                         'bad-date-template-string
                         "Invalid character match."))))

;; A List of formatted read directives.
;; Each entry is a list.
;; 1. the character directive; 
;; a procedure, which takes a character as input & returns
;; 2. #t as soon as a character on the input port is acceptable
;; for input,
;; 3. a port reader procedure that knows how to read the current port
;; for a value. Its one parameter is the port.
;; 4. a action procedure, that takes the value (from 3.) and some
;; object (here, always the date) and (probably) side-effects it.
;; In some cases (e.g., ~A) the action is to do nothing

(define priv:read-directives 
  (let ((ireader4 (priv:make-integer-reader 4))
        (ireader2 (priv:make-integer-reader 2))
        (ireaderf (priv:make-integer-reader #f))
        (eireader2 (priv:make-integer-exact-reader 2))
        (eireader4 (priv:make-integer-exact-reader 4))
        (locale-reader-abbr-weekday (priv:make-locale-reader
                                     priv:locale-abbr-weekday->index))
        (locale-reader-long-weekday (priv:make-locale-reader
                                     priv:locale-long-weekday->index))
        (locale-reader-abbr-month   (priv:make-locale-reader
                                     priv:locale-abbr-month->index))
        (locale-reader-long-month   (priv:make-locale-reader
                                     priv:locale-long-month->index))
        (char-fail (lambda (ch) #t))
        (do-nothing (lambda (val object) (values))))
    
    (list
     (list #\~ char-fail (priv:make-char-id-reader #\~) do-nothing)
     (list #\a char-alphabetic? locale-reader-abbr-weekday do-nothing)
     (list #\A char-alphabetic? locale-reader-long-weekday do-nothing)
     (list #\b char-alphabetic? locale-reader-abbr-month
           (lambda (val object)
             (priv:set-date-month! object val)))
     (list #\B char-alphabetic? locale-reader-long-month
           (lambda (val object)
             (priv:set-date-month! object val)))
     (list #\d char-numeric? ireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                        (priv:set-date-day!
                                         object val)))
     (list #\e char-fail eireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                     (priv:set-date-day! object val)))
     (list #\h char-alphabetic? locale-reader-abbr-month
           (lambda (val object)
             (priv:set-date-month! object val)))
     (list #\H char-numeric? ireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                        (priv:set-date-hour! object val)))
     (list #\k char-fail eireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                     (priv:set-date-hour! object val)))
     (list #\m char-numeric? ireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                        (priv:set-date-month! object val)))
     (list #\M char-numeric? ireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                        (priv:set-date-minute!
                                         object val)))
     (list #\S char-numeric? ireader2 (lambda (val object)
                                        (priv:set-date-second! object val)))
     (list #\y char-fail eireader2 
           (lambda (val object)
             (priv:set-date-year! object (priv:natural-year val))))
     (list #\Y char-numeric? ireader4 (lambda (val object)
                                        (priv:set-date-year! object val)))
     (list #\z (lambda (c)
                 (or (char=? c #\Z)
                     (char=? c #\z)
                     (char=? c #\+)
                     (char=? c #\-)))
           priv:zone-reader (lambda (val object)
                              (priv:set-date-zone-offset! object val))))))

(define (priv:string->date date index format-string str-len port template-string)
  (define (skip-until port skipper)
    (let ((ch (peek-char port)))
      (if (eof-object? port)
          (priv:time-error 'string->date 'bad-date-format-string template-string)
          (if (not (skipper ch))
              (begin (read-char port) (skip-until port skipper))))))
  (if (>= index str-len)
      (begin 
        (values))
      (let ((current-char (string-ref format-string index)))
        (if (not (char=? current-char #\~))
            (let ((port-char (read-char port)))
              (if (or (eof-object? port-char)
                      (not (char=? current-char port-char)))
                  (priv:time-error 'string->date
                                   'bad-date-format-string template-string))
              (priv:string->date date
                                 (+ index 1)
                                 format-string
                                 str-len
                                 port
                                 template-string))
            ;; otherwise, it's an escape, we hope
            (if (> (+ index 1) str-len)
                (priv:time-error 'string->date
                                 'bad-date-format-string template-string)
                (let* ((format-char (string-ref format-string (+ index 1)))
                       (format-info (assoc format-char priv:read-directives)))
                  (if (not format-info)
                      (priv:time-error 'string->date
                                       'bad-date-format-string template-string)
                      (begin
                        (let ((skipper (cadr format-info))
                              (reader  (caddr format-info))
                              (actor   (cadddr format-info)))
                          (skip-until port skipper)
                          (let ((val (reader port)))
                            (if (eof-object? val)
                                (priv:time-error 'string->date
                                                 'bad-date-format-string
                                                 template-string)
                                (actor val date)))
                          (priv:string->date date
                                             (+ index 2)
                                             format-string 
                                             str-len
                                             port
                                             template-string))))))))))

(define (string->date input-string template-string)
  (define (priv:date-ok? date)
    (and (date-nanosecond date)
         (date-second date)
         (date-minute date)
         (date-hour date)
         (date-day date)
         (date-month date)
         (date-year date)
         (date-zone-offset date)))
  (let ((newdate (make-date 0 0 0 0 #f #f #f (priv:local-tz-offset))))
    (priv:string->date newdate
                       0
                       template-string
                       (string-length template-string)
                       (open-input-string input-string)
                       template-string)
    (if (priv:date-ok? newdate)
        newdate
        (priv:time-error
         'string->date
         'bad-date-format-string
         (list "Incomplete date read. " newdate template-string)))))