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From: Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Ada Calendar oddity <was Re: C date package>
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"Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" wrote:
> 
> > If one wanted to use the Year type in Ada.Calendar for birthday and
> > expiration date, one would get an constraint error when one issued
> > drivers licences for these born this year. Wouldn't one?

> That would be a wrong use of the type. The drivers license "problem" is
> a database issue. You should not use something that is internal to Ada
> in that context.

So when you read a date from the database, what type should you use?
If you avoid using Ada.Calendar how do you compare the database time
with the today's date, e.g.?