(phixonline)--> with javascript_semantics include timedate.e constant days = 1, hours = 7, fourdays = timedelta(days:=4), -- fourdays = timedelta(0,4) -- equivalent, **NB** a plain '=' is a very different thing: slipup = timedelta(days=4) -- === timedelta([weeks:=]iff(equal(days,4)?true:false)) -- with error if no local/in scope identifier days exists. shift = timedelta(hours:=hours) -- perfectly valid (param hours:=local hours) -- timedelta(0,hours:=15,3) -- illegal (not clear whether days:=3 or minutes:=3) -- though of course the weeks:=0 part is fine printf(1,"fourdays = %s\n",{elapsed(fourdays)}) printf(1,"wrong = %s\n",{elapsed(slipup)}) printf(1,"shift = %s\n",{elapsed(shift)})