Re: Y2k and d2k

From: Peter de Wolff <p.c.de.wolff_at_nospam.pve.agro.nl>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 16:34:49 +0200
Message-ID: <359cec17.0_at_wau.nl>


There is also the possibilty of using the RRRR format in Dev2000 >= 1.3.2. This will make the year for digits, even when you enter just two digits. it will even show four.

peter

Iain Airlie heeft geschreven in bericht
<01bda5b1$544f4ec0$8109c18f_at_ukd05402>...
>My humble opinion is that since an oracle date handles an absurd (to us at
>the moment :-)) span of time, using YYYY as the year format covers all
>evils. The problem with RR is that it has to _guess_ what the user wants.
>My preference is to specify YYYY as the format: where it is critical,
>prevent the user entering two digits.
>
>Sean Denney <sdenney_at_usaor.net> wrote in article
><01bda4fe$2c3d3860$1201010a_at_Kent.national.draeger.com>...
>> I need to make some forms y2k compiant and I wondered if I am covering
>all
>> the bases
>> by making date fields in reports 4 character, and in reports, changing
>all
>> yys to RRs in
>> item properties. Does anyone have experience here. What about triggers?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> sean
>>
Received on Fri Jul 03 1998 - 16:34:49 CEST

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