Way tooo easy.... at this point you can leave the dates and times out of it :)
Somewhere along the line when SAVING these orders to a database, either SQL or Universe, an "Order ID" must be retrieved to store this record. So let the system decide and just take the first sequential order number. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] ICONV 'DW' [was:UniVerse Internal Date Blackout] As far as ISO conversion goes - here's a hypothetical question for you: If 2 book orders came in from the web each for 1 "Da Vinci Code", you only have 1 in stock, which order gets priority? The one dated 2006-04-30T02:56:32+11:00 or the other dated 2006-04-29T11:56:32-05:00? That's right, you have to cut the book in half... even though one order was dated the 30^th and the other the 29^th they were raised at exactly the same moment in time (spooky music plays - camera pans to cryptic symbols ...) and have the same temporal priority. The fact that ISO date time is a recognised international standard and is used extensively in XML, is "language" and OS independent and that it DOESN'T separate date and time is actually something I wish Pick did better. It is functionality that IBM already have in other products and could easily incorporate into a U2. Cheers, Stuart ______________________________________________________________________ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
