Date Compression and Year 2000 Challenges

By Robert L. Moore and D. Gregory Foley

Dr. Dobb's Journal May 1998

MMDDYYYY to DDDDDD
Use MMDDToDDD.c (Listing Three; available 
electronically) to convert the MMDD part of MMDDYYYY 
to DDD--the day count within a year. Then use 
DDDYYYYToDDDDDD.c (Listing Six; available 
electronically) to convert DDD and the YYYY part of 
MMDDYYYY to DDDDDD.

Example 3: MMDDYYYY to DDDDDD.

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