Re: use of date type fields

I would not be  worrying about a  byte of DASD right now. That is what got
us into this mess.
What  counts is the ability to get rid of the problem on time, and be fully
functional  from a business viewpoint.

Oh yes  and personally survive the experience

How  performance will get fixed be it RISC only or CISC also - I'll let Jon
Paris tell us.

Glenn
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At 01:42 AM 1/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
>> I prefer CCYYMMDD.  However this will take 5 bytes packed while the date
data
>> type takes only 4 bytes and gives you automatic editing.
>
>I also use CCYYMMDD and find that this technique the most commonly used.
Older systems tend to use CYYMMDD a lot.
>
>> IBM has issued a ptf to speed up the date processing.
>
>I am curious about the PTFs for performance. Will this be available for
all operating systems or is this just another RISC only thing? 
>
>>  The problem is default date cannot be all zeros.
>
>I use date data types inside of RPG IV as a rule. The ability to work with
dates is fantastic. It is an inconvenience to have to check for the date
being equal to zero before I can use it though! In my opinion, a date of
01/01/0000 is more ridiculous than 00/00/0000.
>
>Joe Teff
>QDS
>Bloomington, MN
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