Good suggestions,
Thanks everyone
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Storing dates in AD
Depends on the domain of the date values, and how they are
used. If the dates will be passed along to other X.500/LDAP type directories,
you probably should use the Generalized Time syntax (2.5.5.11). If the dates are
manipulated programmatically, use the long integer representation. Its pretty
trivial to manipulate it as a date in your code. I'd avoid using a string
representation unless your code requires a funny string format or unless it
requires unusual date values like "today", "yesterday", or "when hell freezes
over" (we use the latter for setting development dates for certain silly feature
requests in our products :)
-gil
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Isenhour, Joseph
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Storing dates in AD
I'm looking for some opinions on a schema extension. I need to store a date type in AD. I figure I have several options.
Store it as a long integer. To determine the date the consumer will need to count the nano seconds from a certain date (the way that pwdLastSet works)
Store it as a date type (which I've never used, and looking at the current schema it appears that most people do not choose this option).
Store it as a unicode string and come up with a format like: YYYYMMDD[ss][ss]
Does anyone have an opinion on how this should be done?
Thanks
