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in reply to Re: Re: Efficient coupling/decoupling of serialized data
in thread Efficient coupling/decoupling of serialized data

Nothing terrible happens if there are, it just rolls to the next day. 2002010199 becomes 2002010200. The algorithm still works - it's just the humans that get nervous about having a serial number of 2002010200 on Jan 1, 2002.

-sam

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