Re: ORACLE and the Y2K

From: Eric Amick <eamick_at_clark.net>
Date: 1996/08/21
Message-ID: <4vdk4g$ltq_at_clarknet.clark.net>#1/1


Luis Santos (lsantos_at_centroin.com.br) wrote:
: To work around change the input masks to dd/mm/rr. The rr format to
: year means that a year grater than 50 will be in the 19 century. And a
: year lower than 50 will be inserted with the 20 century.

It's a little more complicated than that; the current year also figures in to how the two-digit year is interpreted. Your description is correct until the year 2050, though.

-- 
Eric Amick
Columbia, MD
eamick_at_clark.net
Received on Wed Aug 21 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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