Should I use a dictionary?

[Gustaf Liljegren]

kosh <kosh at aesaeion.com> wrote in <9h9ckq$nf$1 at apollo.csd.net>:

>This method should able be very fast if you convert the data to a
>straight int first.

Thanks. This suits me perfectly. I get the date in the format "2001-01-01 
13:12", so that would be "200101011312" with no risk for confusion.

Gustaf