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I have to agree with Al. I've already run into multiple sites where 00/00/0000 and 12/31/2099 have logical significance, although the cause major problems with different implementations of DB2 and Y2K windowing schema. It's going to be an interesting couple of years cleaning up this mess. Hank Heath Vice President Medco Systems, Inc. Y2K Project Management 3 Eves Dr Suite 304 Marlton, NJ 08053 ph: 215-751-5913 fax: 609-596-8650 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Al Barsa wrote: The problem with date data types is more than performance. Zero dates are special values are not supported. Also invalid dates blow up. How clean is your data? Do you have a field in your A/R system for 'date paid'? Do you have a field in your payroll system for 'date of termination'? It's not that straight forward. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 MAJORDOMO@midrange.com and specify * * 'unsubscribe MIDRANGE-L' in the body of your message. Questions * * should be directed to the list owner / operator: david@midrange.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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