• Proposal: IE-0038
• Authors: Graham Nelson
• Status: Accepted
• Related proposals: IE-0037: Relative kinds #37
• Implementation: Implemented but unreleased

Summary

Inform's existing kind time is split into two different concepts. time
continues to be used for values like 12:23 pm, which are possible times
of day, whereas time period is introduced as a new built-in kind to
hold 12 minutes, minus 34 hours 10 minutes and so on.