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     Thanks to everyone who replied to my question about Pros and Cons of 
     specifying dates as a date field as opposed to 4 chunks of 2 (cc yy mm 
     dd)
     
     The arguments for and against each method seem to balance out as a 
     general concept,but I'd just like to try and narrow down the argument 
     a little.
     
     What if;
     
     1) The database is accessible stateside and in Europe, and each 
     location wants the dates displayed as 'native' e.g. MMDDYY stateside 
     and DDMMYY in Europe.
     
     2) There are special dates in the RPG part of the application (e.g. 
     99/99/99 and 00/00/00.
     
     3) We want to write 'Date Engines' for all our date 
     handling/validation, and these must comply with 1) above.
     
     Which way are we going to come down now ?
     
     Neil H-W  
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