Date Trivia Question

From: <cathexis_at_erols.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:14:32 GMT
Message-ID: <36954d7d.109434177@news.erols.com>

	Greetings ng,
	The date datatype is supposed to be valid from 1/1/4712 B.C.

until 12/31/4712 A.D. Does antbody know why this particular range was chosen? Just curious.

                                Cathexis_at_erols.com Received on Thu Jan 07 1999 - 18:14:32 CST