• Also, to reduce errors and potential errors, don't code dates in an ambiguous format, i.e.,
    does '11/6/2010' represent Nov 6 or Jun 11??
    or waste space with formatting chars.  

    Instead, use YYYYMMDD format, like so:

    '20101106'

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