Re: Informix vs Oracle, Sybase +...

Posted in 1999

Luse Harold — Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:15:55 -0600 (MDT) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > Art S. Kagel wrote: > > Thomas Parsli wrote: > > > [...discussion about versions of Sybase on Linux...] > > > > > > It's not that great -you can order now, shipping starts 1/9/99. > > > > Is that January 9, 2099 or does Sybase have a Y2K problem? > > Thomas Parsli has an email address in Norway; the problem is > (probably) locales. > > The date is almost certainly 1999-09-01 (1st September, in other words). > > This is not a US-only news group! > -- SNIP -- Agreed, but since this is an Informix news group, we could just say ship_date = 36402 and be done with it. ==================================================================== Harold Luse Phone: (970) 491-4120 Veterinary Teaching Hospital Fax: (970) 491-4123 Colorado State University Pager: (970) 229-8173 Fort Collins, Colorado USA E-mail: hluse@vth.colostate.edu ====================================================================