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From
10/06/2009 02:24:47
 
 
To
09/06/2009 16:46:40
Dragan Nedeljkovich
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01404755
Message ID:
01404920
Views:
41
>>>>Cost=(100*2*10)/(100*365)
>>>>
>>>So, is my understanding correct that we always use 365 and not the adjusted number?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>I'm not sure, but I believe most banks use 365 day per year. When I went to school the banks used 30 days per month and 360 days per year, but that was before calculators and standalone computers were invented. :-)
>
>I think I've read somewhere that once upon a time even 300 was used as the base, to simplify the calculation, which is, IMO, another euphemism for dirty trick.

I remember that you could earn some extra interest by putting your money in the bank on February 28th, and withdrawing them the day after. Unles it was a leap year, you wold get the interest of three days instead of only one.
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