[RBASE-L] - RE: Large integer values in Rbase v8

[Bill Downall]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Wills, Steve <jswi...@utmem.edu> wrote:

>   The cool thing is that (CTXT(JDATE())) used in this way still sorts
> exactly like INTEGER and DATE values.
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Ahh, but be warned: this will lead to serious problems when we roll over to
5-digit years. the year 9999 will sort *after* the year 10000. It will be
known as the Y10K problem.

Bill