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  • Subject: Re: Year 2000
  • From: DAsmussen@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 19:03:07 -0400 (EDT)

Susan,

In a message dated 97-06-05 15:30:51 EDT, you write:

<<snip>>
> Our greatest debate is whether or not to use native dates or to
>  go to an 8 digit numeric YYYYMMDD for our file date fields.
>  
>  Any suggestions, advice, horror stories, etc. would be appreciated.
>  Please email me directly if you do not want to publish a reply
>  to the mailing list.

>From your post, I personally feel that your approach is correct.  Users
aren't going to want to start keying in huge date fields (we arbitrarily
chose 1980 as the conversion point for keyed data, because we don't have any
history data older than that and none of us will be around in 2080 (-:).  Not
to mention the analysis time required to find the extra space on busy screens
for the extra two bytes!

The other advantage of 8 digit dates in files is, if you are using an EIS,
the dates are more legible.  The disadvantage of using 8 digit dates is that
you cannot use CPYF to convert your data, but THAT impact is minimal.  MY
only concern would be the effectivity of your chosen Y2K conversion tool, and
whether or not it really provides a value add based upon the expertise of
your in-house staff...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"The shortest distance between two points is always under construction." --
Noelie Alito
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