On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:34:08 +0100, Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I never understand why people jump from a day (24 hr) to a week (7 x 24) > to 7.02 year (which is 365 weeks). > Maybe you want to express 7x24x52 (which is actually 364) or even > better: 365x24? > > ;-) Carel Informational Message I think you misunderstand the expression 7x24. In real world usage this means 7 hours a day 24 days a month. On this basis I believe that 7x24x365 almost certainly means 7 hours a day 24 days a month 365 months a lifetime. Message Ends. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l