Re: Dates for 21st Century?

stevec_at_zimmer.CSUFresno.EDU (Steve Cosner) wrote:
>Sorry, but I disagree. 4-digit dates are unnecessary in most systems,
>if you use a little smarter software. I hate to force users to type 4-digit
>years. I know *I* would complain if I had to enter them.
>

No, Steve, the systems we are all complaining about actually _store_ values with less than four digits for years. No matter how the user keys it, anyone who _stores_ years that are not 4 digits is asking for trouble. The last experience I had with SQLLOADER and one-digit dates from a legacy system, loader made the wrong assumption.

Hmm....I wonder, do archeologists have trouble with BC? Anyone out there using dates before the year 1? (Just curious.)

Louise Received on Thu Nov 09 1995 - 00:00:00 CET