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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: RyuO <RyuO_at_excite.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:28:11 GMT
Message-ID: <81hl95$e09$1@nnrp1.deja.com>


Actually, in 8.1.5 the date limitation was changed to +- 9999. In any earlier release it is +- 4712.

I think the reason for the change is to give Oracle Consulting enough time to finish some government projects :)

In article <38398C06.B680B340_at_mahindrabt.com>,   Deepak Surana <dsurana_at_mahindrabt.com> wrote:
> the limit is 9999 not 4712 (must be a documentation bug ?)
>
> mosene wrote:
>
> > why 4712 and not something else?
>
> --
> Deepak Surana, BT Plc.
> Direct : + 44-181-5876433 GMT
> e-mail : deepak.surana_at_bt.com
>
>

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