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David J. Hughes (bambi@Hughes.com.au)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:11:09 +1000 (EST) 

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:11:09 +1000 (EST)
From: "David J. Hughes" <bambi@Hughes.com.au>
Subject: RE: Converting a 6 digit date to mSQL Date format (Part 2)
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990413100928.583D-100000@fawn.Hughes.com.au>

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, David Palmer wrote:

> "The mSQL date routines will assume the 20th century if only 2 digits of the
> year value are presented".
>
> This above statement appears to be incorrect.

This is actually talking about the internal interpretation of a date in
the backend. I'll have to re-read it if you thought it referred to the
API functions. And, to be Y2K friendly, it now assumes "the current
century" of only 2 digits are presented.

bambi
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