Re: Date question

Doesn't %Int() convert the date with a two-digit year? I just like the fact
that the date math narrows it down to just one date -- no matter what
century, no matter what date. Maybe it's just the Y2K flashbacks, but me no
likey two-digit years.

 On 10/10/05, Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >> Wacky? maybe, but saving 6 bytes per element can help sometimes.
>
> I don't disagree - but why bother with the date math stuff? Why not simply
> use %Int to convert the date to its numeric equivalent and store that? It
> has to use less resource and has the advantage that in debug the data will
> still make sense.
>
> Jon Paris
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