The date is stored as a Long that is the number of seconds since jan 1970. Anything before that would be negative.
-----Original Message----- From: Terence Lai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 6:25 PM To: Lucene Users List Subject: Question on the minimum value for DateField Hi All, I realize that the DateField cannot except the value which is before the Year 1970, specifically in the org.apache.lucene.document.DateField.timeToString() method. Is there are any techincal reason for this limitation? Thanks, Terence ---------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email account from http://www.trekspace.com Your Internet Virtual Desktop! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
