2.2.25 DATE

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DATE is a type that specifies date and time information. It is represented as an 8-byte floating-point number.

This type is declared as follows:

 typedef double DATE;

The date information is represented by whole-number increments, starting with December 30, 1899 midnight as time zero. The time information is represented by the fraction of a day since the preceding midnight. For example, 6:00 A.M. on January 4, 1900 would be represented by the value 5.25 (5 and 1/4 of a day past December 30, 1899).