Re: Pet Peeves?

Gregory Stark wrote:
> Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com> writes:
>
>>>> 3. Date handling
>>>> Sometimes I've got data with invalid dates and it would be great if it
>>>> could replace all the bad ones with, say "0000-00-00".
>>>>
>> Oh dear $DEITY, no.
>
> I think it would be best if we limited ourselves right now to discussing the
> problems themselves and not debating the pros and cons of possible solutions.

It seems I need to point out that the 0000-00-00 thing was supposed to
be a joke.

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