RE: L-date fields

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:05 AM 9/11/97 -0500, you wrote:

>You know, people say there was never a year zero so 0000 is an invalid 
>date. Okay, but I gotta believe that 0 is the value the comes before 1, so 
>if 00010101 is a valid date why can't 0 be a null date value? I guess it's 
>kind of like when you kid asks you,
>
>"Dad, if the universe goes on forever, what's beyond that?"  We could say 
>nothing, but would that be correct?
>
>Bob Cozzi

Bob

Did you really want to start a 'tree falling in the forest' thread?

Seriously, there is something about A.D. & B.C. here. I think the 0001 may be the first year A.D. (more Latin here--sorry DC Dude). Anyway, none of this was eatablished until well after the event, and we're not even on the same scale now, what with the Gregorian change.

OyOyOy


Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
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