Re: Storing dates - revisted...

Terminology suggests that CYYMMDD is the dreaded IBM fashioned seven digit 
date.  CCYYMMDD is the 4 digit year.  A single C indicates a century indicator: 
 0 for 1900, 1 for 2000.  Two CC indicates the actual century:  ..., 19, 20 or 
beyond.




CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET on 09/23/98 09:23:21 AM
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Hi Dean !

Your saying "CCYYMMDD"; what is in the CC part ? 19, 20, etc. or like IBM, 0 or 
1
?

Thanks 1

Chuck

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:

> Chuck,
>
> In a message dated 98-09-21 13:41:01 EDT, you write:
>
> > 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 ?
>
> One vote for CCYYMMDD...
>
> Regards!
>
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
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