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Re: can you set the epoch for julian date in Oracle?

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:58:35 +0100
Message-ID: <er2af8$snh$1@news1.zwoll1.ov.home.nl> 





Ben schreef:



> 

> Can anyone see any flaw in that?

> 




I won't.



But as dates are effectively numbers, you can add and subtract them.
Just add 1-1-1900 to all of your dates, and never make that
mistake again: dates belong in a DATE type column

-- 
Regards,
Frank van Bortel

Top-posting is one way to shut me up...


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