Re: FMTSRC

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

Wow.  What a lot of responses, and when all was said and done I didn't have to 
feel duncely.  Dave's got it about right. Forced to work with split dates.  
Adding salt to the wound though is that the dates are   mmddyy   and   cc, and 
must remain that way.   

One small addendum to your two points Dave:  there is a third useful purpose - 
the project just got extended.

In <8025670D.005BC0C7.00@gbsmtp.abb.co.uk>, on 02/03/99 
   at 05:27 PM, david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com said:


>No arguments. It's a nasty, tricky problem, and arranging all the dates
>in a sensible form like CCYYMMDD is definitely the way to go. It's a pity
>Booth's forced to work with a split date. Split dates serve only 2 useful
>purposes: amusing the readership of midrange-l and torturing trainee
>programmers.  :-))

>Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.

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