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On Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:20:12 -0400 (EDT), DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:

>Yes but when it comes to the century, you're only introducing two more digits
>of possibly incorrect keying.  As was stated before, it's just as easy to
>type 18 or even 17 as it is to type 19 or 20 -- all valid dates.  I say use 8
>digit dates for D-O-B and other like fields, and stick to six for most
>business transactions.  A "breakover" date of 40 or so should be
>sufficient...

Then the data entry people should be more careful of what they're
entering. The smartest date routines won't prevent wrong date entry.
Even if we used pick lists, there's still nothing to prevent wrong
entires. 

Yes, the program should be as smart as possible, but that does not
alleviate the users from any responsibility on the d/e side. That's
the reason for my push to have full field dates on everything.

I think we're going to need a smarter windowing scheme than is
currently available. 

(This is very much what Bob Cozzi said in an earlier message) For
instance (and I still don't like it), use a 100-year sliding window
based on the current date (when the user is on the display). For
birthdates, the system will only accept the current or previous
century. If today is 1997/09/15, and the user enters 091597, the
system will "assume" 1997; however, if the user enters 091697, the
computer "assumes" the previous century because the date is "after"
today. 

For the purposes of "clean" displays, I'd still have four-digit years
on the screen and reports.

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