You learn something new everyday

[cartman]

We are testing a new app for one of our customers, and ran across a strange date issue when inserting data from a form into the database. SQL Server's datetime data type doesn't accept dates before 1/1/1753. Here's why:

What is the significance of 1/1/1753 in SQL Server? - Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3310569/what-is-the-significance-of-1-1-1753-in-sql-server)

[terpkristin]

That is so nerdy. And pretty interesting!

/tk

[JediKooter]

Just use COBOL.

[lighthousekeeper]

Wow thanks for sharing this tidbit.

[JediKooter]

The SQL thing I did not know about (very interesting), however, the changing of the calendars back in the mid 1700's, I've known about for a long time.