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Internal Format

ISO dates are stored internally in YYYY-MM-DD format in systems generated by CA 2E. The following table shows the internal representation for April 5 for various years.

Date

Internal DT# Format

April 5, 2106

2106-04-05

April 5, 2006

2006-04-05

April 5, 1906

1906-04-05

April 5, 1806

1806-04-05

The valid date range is January 1, 1801 to December 31, 2199. If no date is entered, the internal representation is 0001-01-01.

The internal format ensures that