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From: Linda Gaylord-Kuhn <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] 5.0x Sort Dates (Reprise Proposal)
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 16:11:52 -0600
In-Reply-To: <KBEEJNHPFAMCGLNKDFEFAEBFGHAA.richard@damon.name>


Richard,

From: Richard, Barbara & Robbie Damon [mailto:]

<snip>

> TMG actually uses a system similar to yours, only it doesn't store the
> date
> twice. Dates are stored as
>
> YYYYMMDDC (plus some other fields omitted for clarity)
>
> a value of 00 is used for omitted fields. C is the modifier code for
> Before/After/Circa/Say ... If it used a value of 99 for omitted fields
for
> after it might do most of what you are asking for. (It doesn't permit
> changing the order of modifiers). I would doubt that Whollygenes would
> implement you suggestion as written as it greatly increase the size of
a
> tag
> record. Currently the date and sort date are identical (to simplify
the
> programming I am sure) and a date field actually room to store two
dates
> to
> handle between and From/To dates.

You're absolutely right, Richard - the date wouldn't need to be stored a
second time, but I had to "show" it that way just to explain myself. In
fact, there's no reason to store the hypens either; again, they were
just there for clarity.

Linda



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