Re: Storing dates - revisted...

Thanks Eric !

I agree on the "window" deal. Quick NOW and SURE it will be written just like 
YY was
OK "back then"...

I need to get up to speed on ILE.

How are you saying that it will store this via the date data type ?

Thanks !

Chuck

eric.delong@pmsi-services.com wrote:

>      Chuck,
>
>      We standardized on CCYY/MM/DD (8N0) for our Y2K conversion. I
>      personally prefer this to using a "date window" approach since you
>      may have to change program logic the next time the window moves. I
>      *hope* I'm not still programming in 2053, but you never know!? ;)
>
>      With all of the advances with date data types and support in ILE, I
>      think the better long-term approach might be to start using
>      date/timestamp datatypes now.
>
>      JMHO
>      eric.delong@pmsi-services.com
>
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> Subject: Storing dates - revisted...
> Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INET_WACO
> Date:    9/21/98 11:28 AM
>
> More questions on date storage !
>
> You can change all of your old date storage in files from YY/MM/DD to
> YYYY/MM/DD. Is that what folks are doing ?
>
> We are on V4R1 and IBM is storing the QYEAR as YY and then there is
> QCENTURY as 0=1920-1999 and 1=2000=2053.
>
> It seems to me that YYYY/MM/DD is the better way to go (more
> straightforward) as century really is "clumsy" )have to remember where 0
> and 1 start and stop)... ??????/
>
> Or does it matter ?
>
> What's everyone doing ?
>
> We have a software package that is storing Century as 2 digits and has
> 19 in it !!!
>
> Thanks !
>
> Chuck
>
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