Hi Mary,
Thanks for your thoughts. I agree with you that CC can be misleading.
But, think of the possibilities for confusion in the format of the data in a
field called YYYY. Matt's experience at his last company is a good example
of this.
Someone else presented a number of date formats from EDIFACT that absolutely
require us to differentiate between the 1st two and the 2nd two digits of a
4-digit year.
Maybe CC isn't the best choice, but I think we have to have something other
than YY for the 1st two digits of a 4-digit year.
Thanks,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Scanlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 10:34 AM
Subject: [Fwd: EDI dates]
> Dave
> I believe the semantic problem with CC = century is that we recently had a
"turn
> of the century" and are now living in the 21st century. During the 1900's
we
> were in the 20th century. So, if CC = century - some people might
interpret
> that being 21 not 20. Making all orders, invoices, shipments, etc. to be
> extremely late.
> Thanks
> Mary Scanlan
>
> Dave Taylor wrote:
>
> > Matt,
> >
> > >From a programmer's (and EDI specialist's) point-of-view, I would like
to
> > argue that CCYY represents the century and the year properly, in which
CC=20
> > and YY=01 resulting in 2001.
> >
> > I think that the programmers at your previous company were "fixing" the
Y2K
> > problem in a very unusual way.
> >
> > Dave Taylor
> > Sysmark Information Systems, Inc.
> > 800-797-6275
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matt Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 6:17 AM
> > Subject: Re: EDI dates
> >
> > > I was hoping that Mr. Kammerer would step up to the plate on this. I
> > vaguely recall (this might have just been a dream, though) an off-line
> > exchange some time ago about the "CCYYMMDD" nomenclature.
> > >
> > > From what I understand, "CC" for century is interpreted differently by
> > programmers than by those of us in the EDI world. At my old company, I
seem
> > to remember (hey, my memory wasn't too good *before* I had to clear room
to
> > store all of this X12 stuff!) that the programmers solved the Y2K
"problem"
> > by using "0100" (CCYY) or maybe it was "100" (CYY) to indicate the year
> > 2000.
> > >
> > > The way that "CCYY" is interpreted in the EDI world is better stated
as
> > "YYYY," meaning a four-digit date field. Presumably, we'll start
dealing
> > with the next similar problem sometime around the year 9990. ;->
> > >
> > > Matt Brown
> > >
> > > At 04:18 PM 5/23/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > >Rachel,
> > > >
> > > >Thanks to you and all who have responded to my "quick" question.
> > > >
> > > >It seems that the ANSI X12 standard calls for 6 digit dates (for
DE373)
> > to
> > > >follow the format YYMMDD so that June 6, 1999 is 990606 and 8 digit
dates
> > > >are to follow the format CCYYMMDD so that June 6, 1999 is 19990606.
> > > >
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