Date formatting system

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2005-06-07

2005-06-07

Pardo, Thuy N. (Department: 2165)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000, C717S124000, C717S127000, C717S137000

Reexamination Certificate

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06904437

ABSTRACT:
A date formatting system for a computer program to perform date operations where the dates span more than one century. In a first embodiment, a 6-integer file system in CYYDDD format is used, “C” being a variable indicating the century, YY indicating years, and DDD indicating days of the year. A second embodiment utilizes a 7-digit integer data file and is in YYYYDDD format. These two embodiments help avoid problems experienced by computer programs that use 2-digits to identify years.

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