indexing
	description: "Universal constants of time in a day"
	status: "See notice at end of class"
	date: "$Date$"
	revision: "$Revision$"
	access: time

class TIME_CONSTANTS

inherit
	TIME_UTILITY
		export
			{NONE} mod, div
		end

feature -- Access

	Seconds_in_minute: INTEGER is 60
			-- Number of seconds in a minute
			
	Seconds_in_hour: INTEGER is 3600
			-- Number of seconds in an hour
			
	Seconds_in_day: INTEGER is 86400; 
			-- Number of seconds in an hour 
			 
	Minutes_in_hour: INTEGER is 60
			-- Number of minutes in an hour
			
	Hours_in_day: INTEGER is 24
			-- Number of hours in a day

	time_default_format_string: STRING is
			-- Default output format for times
		do
			Result := date_time_tools.time_default_format_string
		end
	
end -- class TIME_CONSTANTS



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