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Re: leading 0 in dates (was BRW type casting)
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Jeff Vance <[log in to unmask]>
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Jeff Vance <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:25:18 -0800
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On Mar 5, 12:50pm, Shawn Gordon wrote:
>
> Why all three?  It seems that HPYMDHMSM contains everything and could be
> easily parsed if it's a string.

It is a string.  The reason for three vars instead of one is so that
folks that need only date info or only time info do not need to
parse HPYMDHMSM.  Yet HPYMDHMSM makes it simplier for folks that
want both date and time consistent (retrieved in an "atomic" operation).

> By the way, the name really roll's off the tounge nicely :).

I know!  HPYMDHMSM seems "better" (well, shorter) than the alternative:
HPCCYYMMDDHHMMSSMMM.

Jeff

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