Only vaguely related to: (Q) Subtract 6 months from a date: result=error -1267!!!

} } ->Bryan Klopfenstein comments on: } -> } ->Alan Denney responding to Cathy Kipp: } } ... lots of stuff omitted ... } } ->In Alan's signature: } ->> "You know 1994 is a leap year; there is a 29th of February this year. } ->> People with digital watches are in heap big trouble, because there's } ->> no way in Hell they'll know about it." } ->> -- Rush Limbaugh 1/03/94 } -> } ->Another example of problems associated with trying to translate calendar } ->processing into strict mathematical calculations. } } WARNING: I am *really* digressing here, sorry about the bandwidth! Please } stop reading NOW, if you want to deal ONLY with technical issues at this time. Good comment from Alan removed. I believe this is because Rush has given up half of his brain in order to 'put himself on the same level as the people he deals with' or some such - I forget what. Obviously he has given over the half with any common sense. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| Oh No! I'm out of Starbucks jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | - panic - brain will not boot. (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________