I think that you get that when the date is invalid. In jBASE 4.1 plus, the algorithm is pretty sophisticated.
Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: jbase@googlegroups.com [mailto:jbase@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of VK > Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 7:04 AM > To: jBASE > Subject: Re: STRANGE NUMBERS > > Applying my telepathic module, I presume that you use OCONV() on that > numbers and get the date "01/01/0000" as a result? > > On Aug 10, 8:26 pm, theo <theoaivaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What do -720987, -720257, -720622, -720352 ,-721718 all have in > > common? > > > > answer they are all 01/01/0000 > > > > why might that be? > > -- > Please read the posting guidelines at: > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines > > IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions > specific to Globus/T24 > > To post, send email to jBASE@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send > email to jbase-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en -- Please read the posting guidelines at: http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE/web/Posting%20Guidelines IMPORTANT: Type T24: at the start of the subject line for questions specific to Globus/T24 To post, send email to jBASE@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to jbase-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en