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+    version 0.1.0 to find problem with building 
+    and move to workspace11
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+A unifified manipulation of time and date representations.
+
+Uniform means:
+- same functions with identical semantics independent of representation
+- all functions are total (or become so using Maybe or Either)
+
+Conversions from `EpochTime` to `UTCTime` and then to `YMD` and similar semantic structures. 
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#!/usr/bin/runhaskell 
+> module Main where
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main :: IO ()
+> main = defaultMain
+
diff --git a/Uniform/Time.hs b/Uniform/Time.hs
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+--
+-- Module      :  Uniform.Time
+--
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+-- | a minimal set of time operations
+-- at the moment only a wrapper to time
+-- examples in TestingTime.hs
+module Uniform.Time
+  ( module Uniform.Time,
+    -- module Uniform.Strings,  
+    EpochTime,
+    UTCTime (..),
+    ErrIO 
+  )
+where
+
+import Data.Convertible (convert)
+import Data.Time as T
+  ( NominalDiffTime,
+    UTCTime (..),
+    addUTCTime,
+    defaultTimeLocale,
+    diffDays,
+    diffUTCTime,
+    formatTime,
+    getCurrentTime,
+    parseTimeM,
+    parseTimeOrError,
+    toGregorian,
+  )
+import Data.Time.Clock.POSIX
+    ( getCurrentTime, posixSecondsToUTCTime )
+import System.Posix.Types (EpochTime)
+
+import Uniform.Error
+--(ErrIO, errorT)
+
+import Uniform.Strings
+-- Text, CharChains2, show', IsString(..), t2s, s2)
+
+import Uniform.Zero
+
+year2000 :: UTCTime
+year2000 = readDate3 "2000-01-01"
+-- ^ may serve as zero in some applications
+
+instance CharChains2 UTCTime Text where -- orphan instance
+  show' = s2t . show
+
+instance CharChains2 T.NominalDiffTime Text where
+  show' = s2t . show
+
+instance CharChains2 (Integer, Int, Int) Text where
+  show' = s2t . show
+
+instance IsString UTCTime where
+  fromString = readNote "IsString UTCTime"
+
+getCurrentTimeUTC :: ErrIO UTCTime
+addSeconds :: Double -> UTCTime -> UTCTime
+diffSeconds :: UTCTime -> UTCTime -> T.NominalDiffTime
+getCurrentTimeUTC = liftIO T.getCurrentTime
+
+addSeconds s t = T.addUTCTime (realToFrac s) t
+
+diffSeconds = T.diffUTCTime
+
+toYMD :: UTCTime -> (Integer, Int, Int)
+toYMD = T.toGregorian . T.utctDay
+
+diffDays :: UTCTime -> UTCTime -> Integer
+diffDays a b = T.diffDays (T.utctDay a) (T.utctDay b)
+
+epochTime2UTCTime :: EpochTime -> UTCTime
+epochTime2UTCTime = convert
+
+getDateAsText :: ErrIO Text
+getDateAsText = callIO $ do
+  now <- getCurrentTime
+  let res = formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%b %-d, %Y" now
+  return . s2t $ res
+
+
+readDate2 :: Text -> UTCTime
+-- ^ read data in the Jan 7, 2019 format (no . after month)
+readDate2 datestring =
+  parseTimeOrError
+    True
+    defaultTimeLocale
+    "%b %-d, %Y"
+    (t2s datestring) ::
+    UTCTime
+
+readDate3 :: Text -> UTCTime
+readDate3 dateText = case (readDateMaybe dateText) of
+  Nothing -> errorT ["readDate3", dateText, "cannot be parsed"]
+  Just t -> t
+
+readDateMaybe :: Text -> Maybe UTCTime
+-- ^ read data in various formats (but not 9.10.20 !)
+readDateMaybe dateText =
+  listToMaybe . catMaybes $
+    [ shortMonth,
+      longMonth,
+      monthPoint,
+      germanNumeralShort,
+      germanNumeral,
+      isoformat
+    ]
+  where
+    shortMonth :: Maybe UTCTime
+    shortMonth =
+      parseTimeM
+        True
+        defaultTimeLocale
+        "%b %-d, %Y"
+        dateString ::
+        Maybe UTCTime
+    longMonth =
+      parseTimeM
+        True
+        defaultTimeLocale
+        "%B %-d, %Y"
+        dateString ::
+        Maybe UTCTime
+    monthPoint =
+      parseTimeM
+        True
+        defaultTimeLocale
+        "%b. %-d, %Y"
+        dateString ::
+        Maybe UTCTime
+    germanNumeral =
+      parseTimeM
+        True
+        defaultTimeLocale
+        "%-d.%-m.%Y"
+        dateString ::
+        Maybe UTCTime
+    germanNumeralShort =
+      parseTimeM
+        True
+        defaultTimeLocale
+        "%-d.%-m.%y"
+        dateString ::
+        Maybe UTCTime
+    isoformat =
+      parseTimeM
+        True
+        defaultTimeLocale
+        "%Y-%m-%d"
+        dateString ::
+        Maybe UTCTime
+
+    dateString = t2s dateText
+
+fromEpochTime' :: EpochTime -> UTCTime
+fromEpochTime' et = posixSecondsToUTCTime (realToFrac et)
diff --git a/uniform-time.cabal b/uniform-time.cabal
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+cabal-version: 2.2
+
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.2.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+--
+-- hash: 7a1b95ca033e9ff3e1c2633b6f099f095b1f01b203a63cf048897798ff95e383
+
+name:           uniform-time
+version:        0.1.0
+synopsis:       Time in the uniform framework
+description:    A very small package for time
+                .
+                bridges between function on 
+                .
+                - UTCTime
+                .
+                - EpochTime
+                .
+                with an `IsString` for UTCTime
+                .
+                Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/andrewufrank/uniform-time/readme>
+category:       Time Uniform
+bug-reports:    https://github.com/andrewufrank/uniform-time/issues
+author:         Andrew Frank
+maintainer:     Andrew U. Frank <uniform@gerastree.at>
+copyright:      2021 Andrew U. Frank
+license:        GPL-2.0-only
+build-type:     Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+    ChangeLog.md
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+      Uniform.Time
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_uniform_time
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      ./.
+  build-depends:
+      base >=4.7 && <5
+    , convertible
+    , monads-tf
+    , time
+    , uniform-algebras
+    , uniform-error
+    , uniform-strings
+  default-language: Haskell2010
+  autogen-modules: Paths_uniform_time