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In all of the excitement about Y2K, a fundamental (and related) problem
with most database software seems to have been overlooked. That is the
inability of common programs such as Excel and Works to handle dates before
1900, which limits their utility to historians and historical
archaeologists. It is possible to enter the year as a numerical field, but
this separates it from the month/day, and causes sorting problems. It also
reqiures additional fields, which is cumbersome in preparing title chains,
an essential component of site examinations on historical archaeological
sites. Has anyone encountered database/spreadsheet software that is Y 1.9
K compliant, or is this just a Microsoft problem?
Lauren J. Cook
Boston Affiliates, Inc.
156 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
617 451-9450
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