[DUG] IBM/Microsoft basic data format

[Paul Heinz]

Leigh asked:


	That is great
	 
	 I just want to know the date type integer, long,
float,currency.

It's neither - it's a packed binary 8 byte (double) or 4 byte (single)
format which is a different encoding than the IEEE format which the
80x87 family of processors and Delphi now uses.
 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/35826
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/35826>  
 
TTFN,
  Paul.
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