On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 08:23 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > In <listserv%201008131709378676.0...@bama.ua.edu>, on 08/13/2010 > at 05:09 PM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> said: > > >I'll agree enthusiastically except where the change could be made in > >a compatible manner, altering no sizes, displacements, nor content of > >existing data bases. One example might be that where Dec. 31, 1999 > >is represented as x'99365', Jan. 1, 2000 could (have) been > >represented as x'A0001' > > That would not have been compatible. >
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