Separation of date and time fields: Difference between revisions

Created page with "This page explains why we encode date and time in separate fields for some values. == Reasons == * our legacy PDA data collection tool implemented date and time as two separate fields * there are more convenient user interface elements in MS Access to enter the two separately * they can easily be combined during analysis == values affected == * L_Log.Start Date field / Start Date field / Start Date and Time * L TmpV2.obsdate and obstime * L Tmp..."
 
 
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== Reasons ==
== Reasons ==
* our legacy PDA data collection tool implemented date and time as two separate fields
* our legacy PDA data collection tool implemented date and time as two separate fields
* there are more convenient user interface elements in MS Access to enter the two separately
* there are more convenient user interface elements in MS Access to enter the two separately (DatePicker tool / calendar)
* they can easily be combined during analysis
* they can easily be combined during analysis


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* [[L TmpV2]].date_var and time_var
* [[L TmpV2]].date_var and time_var
* original [[Admit date and time]]
* original [[Admit date and time]]
* original [[Transfer Ready date and time]]
* original [[Discharge date and time]]


[[Category:Data structure]]
[[Category:Data structure]]