On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:35:01 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: > >In reviewing this discussion, I suddenly realized that the saving by >using 2 digit years was not just disk and tape space but also on >forms, printer lines, punched cards, data entry screens and data entry >key strokes. I know that in many cases I was scrambling for space on >print lines. > But that concerns presentation, not storage. You could as well store TOD clock values and let the output formatting routine display 4, 2, or even single digit years.
Circa 1997, I visited a cemetery where some (spouses') dates were pre-engraved such as 1920-19__. Circa 1951, I watched someone write a check where the date was preprinted 195_. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
