>I use 19991021 as a date format, myself [CCYYMMDD];  It's quite Y2k safe
>(though it WILL fail at Y10k, sadly!)  It sorts nicely with any sort

Hopefully we won't be running M$ products then.

Or COBOL.  Which reminds me of a joke I have.  To save bandwidth, I won't
post it, but if you want it PRIVATE mailto: andy@rc-hydros.com

Andy

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