Search Again: Re: February 29th expiration From: George A. Ruzzier Jr. Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2000 Time: 5:32:56 pm On 3/1/2000, Shawn Hogan sent the following: >George A. Ruzzier Jr. wrote: > >>I have read numerous e-mails on Expiration dates. I thought that the >>Exp. date was the date that service was paid *through*. In this >>case, many customers had an expiration date of Feb. 29th. > >That is correct. > > >>On the 1st of March, they were billed for 1 month of service, but the >>month ends on the 29th? > >If they expire on the 29th, then yes, their cycle would end on the 29th >also. > > >>Please help me understand the math for how you define a month. What >>are we doing wrong here? > >Calculating a month is pretty simple... Add one to the month... :-) >Example. > >2/29/2000 + 1 month = 2+1/29/2000 = 3/29/2000 or >2/12/2000 + 1 month = 2+1/12/2000 = 3/12/2000 > > - Shawn > Shawn, I understand your calc, but..... if an account expires at the *end* of a period (month, quarter, year), and the client has paid *through* that period, this doesn't work well. Basically, we would need to set all expiration dates for the 1st of each period. The problem is that this will confuse the hell out of everybody. Now their accounts would expire on the 1st day of the new period, and invoices would read like this: Invoice Example for a 3rd Quarter billing: "Service period is paid through: July 1st" "Payment will extend service period To: October 1st" I think a lot of customers will be confused by this. It is hard for people to visualize periods ending like this. Why can't we have an option for the system think in calendar months? Thanks -- Regards, George ---------------------------------------------------------- George A. Ruzzier Jr. - President Innovative Technologies Group, Inc. Internet Presence Specialists - Orange County, CA Phone: 949.770-9404, Ext 115 * FAX: 949.770-9406 Visit: http://www.inno-tech.com Sales: mailto:sales@inno-tech.com Support: mailto:support@inno-tech.com ---------------------------------------------------------- * Web Design * Hosting * Server Co-Location * * Database Integration & Hosting Services * ------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe and list archive please visit http://www.optigold.com/lists -------------------------------------------

Messages In This Thread: February 29th expiration by Chiara Cubero on Mar 1, 2000 at 1:51:53 pm Re: February 29th expiration by Shawn Hogan on Mar 1, 2000 at 2:02:41 pm Re: February 29th expiration by George A. Ruzzier Jr. on Mar 1, 2000 at 3:37:24 pm Re: February 29th expiration by Shawn Hogan on Mar 1, 2000 at 3:43:49 pm Re: February 29th expiration by George A. Ruzzier Jr. on Mar 1, 2000 at 5:32:56 pm Re: February 29th expiration by Shawn Hogan on Mar 1, 2000 at 5:46:48 pm Re: February 29th expiration by William Sommers on Mar 1, 2000 at 5:52:19 pm Re: February 29th expiration by Shawn Hogan on Mar 1, 2000 at 6:09:09 pm Re: February 29th expiration by Michael Oas on Mar 1, 2000 at 6:09:21 pm Re: February 29th expiration by George A. Ruzzier Jr. on Mar 1, 2000 at 8:46:44 pm Re: February 29th expiration by Shawn Hogan on Mar 1, 2000 at 8:56:49 pm