RE: Date range

As an added bonus; we have 1/2 our programs use Job Date and the other
half use system date and as these programs are being used almost 24 hrs.
it really makes it hard to do calculations. (we also have #4 , and #2 on
your list and can be in different combinations in any one program - I am
slowly trying to convert these to date type fields but it is very
frustrating and tedious)


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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Allen [mailto:scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 11:56 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: Date range

Then theres those of us who have a "package" where there are:

1.  True Date fields
2.   6 digit date fields (2 Flavors)
      a.  YYMMDD
      b.  MMDDYY
3.  7 digit date fields (1st pos=1 then 2000 1st pos=0 then 1900)
4.  4 seperate fields (again 2 Flavors)
     a. C, YY, MM, DD
     b. CC,YY,MM,DD

and joy of joys there are files that have ALL 4 (6 if you count the
flavors)
depending on the date field..................



On 12/7/06, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

IBM has already provided a means to deal with this issue.  All we need

to

do is NEVER use six-digit date formats.  However, there are RPG shops

that

cling to these unsafe formats because they fear that the users cannot
understand that they need to enter two additional digits on their date

entry

fields.  IMO, this is one of the most pathetic demonstrations of FUD

around.

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Karen L Hodge
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 9:46 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Date range


You guys must not be considering date-of-birth.
This logic would never work for anyone born before

1940.................

If you were born 12/31/39 and the system would assume that meant
2039...................


Karen Hodge
Senior System Analyst
Genesys Health System
1000 Healthpark Blvd, Grand Blanc, Mi 48439
Office 810.606.5180, Fax 810.606.7204
khodge@xxxxxxxxxxx

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