Saving so far...

• Depending on the industry and application, about 3% to 6% of the data stored in organizational databases is dates. Using 4-digit, rather than 2-digit year fields would have required 33% more storage for dates (MMDDYYYY versus MMDDYY). Using the lower 3% figure for date density, we conservatively estimate that 1% more disk storage would have been required through the years if we had stored all 4 digits of the year field.

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version