Re: Specifying Dates in DDS

There was a time when I would have agreed with the first choice, but since date
conversion and math are easily available (not to mention that users are querying
files) I would lean to the latter.

$0.02

neil.williams@pocruises.com wrote:

>      I have always believed that the best and most efficient way (from a
>      retrieval and manipulation point of view) to store dates in a physical
>      file is in the format
>
>      A          CC    2S 0
>      A          YY    2S 0
>      A          MM    2S 0
>      A          DD    2S 0
>
>      I've been asked to consider using;
>
>      A          DAT   8D
>
>      Now I'm an old stick in the mud with tunnel vision, so can anyone tell
>      me the pros and cons of both methods so that I can make an informed
>      decision on this ?
>
>

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