Ask a PHP programmer. They, and most UNIX folks too are very familiar with this scheme of dating. They use it all the time. Hell, the *nix OS uses this type of date for all kinds of operations. It's called the UNIX EPOCH. In PHP, there's a built-in date function to handle these types of dates.
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php --Ferg Deanna Schneider wrote: >I had hope that it was a Julian date, but it's got one too many digits for >that. I'd agree with the others that you need to figure out why it's being >stored in a number column and what it's supposed to represent. Otherwise >we're just guessing here. > >On 11/7/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>If one where to store the oracle system time of an database operation in a >>number field and one had a value such as "19122019". What does this >>represent? Is it 19:12:20:19 (hours minutes seconds milliseconds), or some >>other representation of a time value? >> >> >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223568 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
