'From Squeak3.7gamma of ''17 July 2004'' [latest update: #5987] on 6 November 2004 at 9:55:55 am'! "Change Set: NumberAsScaledDecimal-dtl Date: 6 November 2004 Author: David T. Lewis Adds Number>>asScaledDecimal. Background: I am using this in TimeZoneDatabase to select a numeric data type for instances of PointInTime. Squeak has #asScaledDecimal: but did not have #asScaledDecimal (no parameter required). This change set permits the data type selector for PointInTime to be #asScaledDecimal rather than #asFloat. It turns out by the way that ScaledDecimal works quite nicely for representing time. "! !Number methodsFor: 'converting' stamp: 'dtl 9/25/2004 11:47'! asScaledDecimal "Answer a scaled decimal number approximating the receiver." #Numeric. ^ self asScaledDecimal: 8 ! !