Re: date pref
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 24030
interpreted = N
texte = >>>>I think you should change the Read date format, too.>>>>i also did that Ken. Quit W* and diit with BBEdit.Still no joy.>>>Well, I cannot say that I'm surprised, webcat seems to always have some>kind of problem with dates ...>>A long time ago I changed over to storing my dates as the number of days>since 0000. Now when I make date comparisons, I'm comparing numbers, not>formatted date values, so the comparisons are far faster than ever before>-- and they always work as expected. Formatting dates on the page is done>on the fly wherever needed.Well that is fine Ken but what if you are given a database with a datefield already in the form of dd/mm/yyyy. How do you convert a 3000 odd .dbto number of days since 0000?:-))Regards,****************************************************************Micheal O Sewww.elive.ie Internet Hosting Servicemicheal@elive.ie Database powered websites****************************************************************
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>>>>I think you should change the Read date format, too.>>>>i also did that Ken. Quit W* and diit with BBEdit.Still no joy.>>>Well, I cannot say that I'm surprised, webcat seems to always have some>kind of problem with dates ...>>A long time ago I changed over to storing my dates as the number of days>since 0000. Now when I make date comparisons, I'm comparing numbers, not>formatted date values, so the comparisons are far faster than ever before>-- and they always work as expected. Formatting dates on the page is done>on the fly wherever needed.Well that is fine Ken but what if you are given a database with a datefield already in the form of dd/mm/yyyy. How do you convert a 3000 odd .dbto number of days since 0000?:-))Regards,****************************************************************Micheal O Sewww.elive.ie Internet Hosting Servicemicheal@elive.ie Database powered websites****************************************************************
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