Conclusion

Although dates in OpenOffice.org Basic are straightforward and easy to use, you must take care with dates prior to October 15, 1582. The jump from the Gregorian and Julian calendar also may potentially cause unexpected problems. Also take care when the underlying implementation, a Double, becomes a negative number; this happens around December 30, 1899. This chapter also discussed methods of timing routines and determining specific dates.

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