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Re: HP COBOL routine to calculate the difference between 2 dates
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Matthew Perdue <[log in to unmask]>
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Matthew Perdue <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:37:49 -0600
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Quoting Walter Murray <[log in to unmask]>:

> In an earlier posting, I wondered aloud whether there were a rigorous
> definition of the difference between two dates, in years, months, and
> days.
>
> I did check ISO 8601, which is a standard for date representation.  It
> did state one requirement to be met when expressing a time period in
> years, months, and days:  months must not be greater than 11, and days
> must not be greater than 30.  That's all I could find.
>
> Walter

Huh? Have I missed something here or did December and any months with 31 days
just  cease to be able to be represented digitally according to ISA 8601?

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