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Re: Why do Oracle dates go only up to 4712 A.D. is there some technical reason for such a specific date

From: Deepak Surana <dsurana_at_mahindrabt.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 18:31:34 +0000
Message-ID: <38398C06.B680B340@mahindrabt.com>

the limit is 9999 not 4712 (must be a documentation bug ?)

mosene wrote:

> why 4712 and not something else?

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