Re: Storing dates - revisted...

["Kathleen Kostuck" <kkostuck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's good advice.  Whatever you do, be consistent.
kk

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> From: Rob Berendt <rob@dekko.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Storing dates - revisted...
> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 6:18 PM
> 
> We use what our packages use.  For new fields we use the real date
fields.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET on 09/21/98 01:01:25 PM
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> Subject:      Storing dates - revisted...
> 
> More questions on date storage !
> 
> 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 ?
> 
> We are on V4R1 and IBM is storing the QYEAR as YY and then there is
> QCENTURY as 0=1920-1999 and 1=2000=2053.
> 
> It seems to me that YYYY/MM/DD is the better way to go (more
> straightforward) as century really is "clumsy" )have to remember where 0
> and 1 start and stop)... ??????/
> 
> Or does it matter ?
> 
> What's everyone doing ?
> 
> We have a software package that is storing Century as 2 digits and has
> 19 in it !!!
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> Chuck
> 
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