Re: indexing documents from 1857

2005-09-28 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Sep 28, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Renaud Richardet wrote: Hello, From our understanding, Lucene uses the Unix Epoch (Jan 1, 1970) and there are conflicts with dates that pass this line. For one of our projects, we will need to be able to move past Jan 1, 1970 date as far as 1857. Is there any

RE: indexing documents from 1857

2005-09-28 Thread Mordo, Aviran (EXP N-NANNATEK)
Since lucene works only with strings, you can simply write your own string representation of the date (simple mmdd would work just fine) HTH Aviran http://www.aviransplace.com -Original Message- From: Renaud Richardet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:

Re: indexing documents from 1857

2005-09-28 Thread Renaud Richardet
Hello Luke, hello Paul Thanks for your quick response! Best, Renaud Luke Francl wrote: >Index your dates as strings (mmdd). > >This works better anyway because range searches work over a wider range >of dates than when you index the full precision. > >On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 09:54, Renaud R

Re: indexing documents from 1857

2005-09-28 Thread Luke Francl
Index your dates as strings (mmdd). This works better anyway because range searches work over a wider range of dates than when you index the full precision. On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 09:54, Renaud Richardet wrote: > Hello, > > From our understanding, Lucene uses the Unix Epoch (Jan 1, 1970) and

Re: indexing documents from 1857

2005-09-28 Thread Paul Elschot
On Wednesday 28 September 2005 16:54, Renaud Richardet wrote: > Hello, > > From our understanding, Lucene uses the Unix Epoch (Jan 1, 1970) and > there are conflicts with dates that pass this line. For one of our > projects, we will need to be able to move past Jan 1, 1970 date as far > as 1857. >