Re: Date Validation File

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 12:47 PM 5/19/99 +0100, you wrote:

Chris,

With all due respect, I think that software to validate a date would
certainly be more efficient that a file.  (The file would use MUCH more
disk space, the routine would use more CPU.)  Possibly a hybrid solution
would be the best:  Whenever a date is validated, it is put into a file.

Al


>Hi y'all,
>
>I'm constructing a date validation routine using a date file rather than
>inspecting the date value.
>
>Although it is quite easy to formulate a date file showing YYYYMMDD, Day of
>Week, Julian date etc. it is a rather different ball game ascertaining
whether
>the date was or will be a Public Holiday.
>
>So my question is ......... are there date files commercially available out
>there or or they easily retreivable from certain applications or does one
exist
>within OS400?
>
>kr
>
>Chris
>
>
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