Fairly simple; The iconv opens up a worm hole sends the date information through to a super computer in the future which cranks out an answer and sends it back to the iconv a fraction of a second later.
-----Original Message----- From: MAJ Programming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:08 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] [UV] Conversion code for week number So we're guessing. I gotta believe that there's something to it instead of simply counting days, dividing by 365.25, carrying the 3, square root of October etc. How does 1/1/68 mean 'divide by 365.25'? Also, divide 'what' by 365.25 ? Considering how incredibly often the function is used and how blazingly fast it does its ICONVs and OCONVs, there must be something more to it. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 12:06 PM Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Conversion code for week number > > I know you said "don't tell me it's the base date", but the date 1/1/68 > > was chosen for a reason - it means "divide by 365.25" actually gives the > > right answer... > > Anybody that relies on that in code is bound to get a nasty surprise. > There are dates for which that doesn't work. Try it with July 7, 2006. > Today's date is 14437, a year ago was 14072. The difference is 365. > Divide that by 365.25 and you get less than one year. The argument could > be made that you could round it after the division, but that will throw > other dates off. The bottom line is that this is not a safe way to > accurately calculate an age - it's *almost* always right, but when that's > not good enough, it shouldn't be used. > > Tim Snyder > Consulting I/T Specialist > U2 Lab Services > Information Management, IBM Software Group > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
