Re: Subtract Hours From A Given Date

From: Howard Lee Harkness <hlh_nospam_at_excite.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:13:50 GMT
Message-ID: <00F7CD36CCD12185.ACB8CA5F7F67B8D7.B48D4108AB949160@lp.airnews.net>

On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:42:00 -0400, Kenneth C Stahl <BlueSax_at_Unforgettable.com> wrote:

>I had no idea at all that this concept was not widely understood. I
>learned it in high school.

Hmmm... what high school was that?

>If you divide one number by another and the result does not have a
>mantissa that has a finite value (or does not have a finite value within
>allowable precision) then it is an irrational number.

The definition of a rational number is one that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers. An irrational number is one that cannot be expressed as two integers. Therefore 5/24 is a rational number. At least, that what they taught in *my* high school.

hlh_NOSPAM_at_excite.com is a valid, unmunged address! It is also so full of spam(!) that I don't read it. Received on Fri Sep 10 1999 - 17:13:50 CDT