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

From: Michael S. Abbey <abbey_at_pythian.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:37:28 GMT
Message-ID: <38399b4c.338363158@news.magma.ca>

On 22 Nov 1999 12:19:01 -0600, nousene_at_mailer.com (mosene) wrote:

>why 4712 and not something else?

It's based on some internal algorithm which factors in the current temperature (in Kelvin), the seconds since midnight and the dimensions of a sphere using Calcutta and Bombay as centres. Then the system date minus the square root of -34 is dissolved in the result, giving 4712.

Hope this helps ...

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