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The first way, doing opnqryf's is a real bear. I prefer 8 digit numeric, year month day. Bradley V. Stone bvstone@taylorcorp.com http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/ "Seinfeld's van! SEINFELD'S VAN!" ----Original Message----- From: neil.williams@pocruises.com [SMTP:neil.williams@pocruises.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 6:24 AM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: Specifying Dates in DDS I have always believed that the best and most efficient way (from a retrieval and manipulation point of view) to store dates in a physical file is in the format A CC 2S 0 A YY 2S 0 A MM 2S 0 A DD 2S 0 I've been asked to consider using; A DAT 8D Now I'm an old stick in the mud with tunnel vision, so can anyone tell me the pros and cons of both methods so that I can make an informed decision on this ? Neil Holley-Williams Southampton, UK _______________________________________________________________ Please note that the e-mail address for P&O Cruises has changed to @pocruises.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- uucp +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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