RE: Invalid dates in data transfer

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Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:51 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Invalid dates in data transfer

Methinks what Chuck was saying was that if a date was between the loval
of
'0001-01-01' and the 2 digit year limitation of '1940-01-01' do you
want
to automatically change that to '1940-01-01' or do you want your date
to
abort and properly handle it?

Oh, I get it. But ... correct me if I'm wrong ... isn't that what the user
already has and doesn't like?

Actually, I'd go with changing the System i Access transfer to stop
using
MDY.

Me, too, in general. But there could be extenuating circumstances such as
the Excel one that's been mentioned, that might cause a different solution
to be preferable. Since we know only what has been presented about the goal
and characteristics, we're guessing about what's right. Right? :)

Dennis Lovelady
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