[Info-vax] check date against an given age

[Mike Rechtman]

FrankS wrote:
> On Nov 12, 10:31 am, Mike Rechtman <m... at rechtman.com> wrote:
>> $ start = "28-Feb-2008 0:0:0"
>> $ end = "1-mar-2008 0:0:0"
>> $ dif = f$delta_time( start,end )
> 
> Try it with dates that are more than about 27 years (or 9999 days)
> apart.

You're right! Didn't think of that.

$
$ start = "2-Sep-1943 0:0:0"
$ end = "12-Nov-2009 0:0:0"
$ age = f$delta( start , end )
%SYSTEM-F-IVTIME, invalid time
$

SMOP to workaround, though!

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