Patent ID: 7370067

Claim:
A computing device that stores properties in a database without a corresponding time-date field, the computing device comprising: a processor for processing computer-executable instructions stored on one or more computer-readable media of the computing device and that are configured for implementing a method of associating time-date information with a property value in the database, wherein the method comprises the acts of: identifying time-date information corresponding to one or more remote property values in a remote database that stores properties without a corresponding time-date field, wherein the one or more property values are a subset of a total number of associated property values, and the one or more property values are selected to have the identified time-date information formatted in the standard format based on values associated with the time-date information, and wherein a remaining portion of property values from the total number of property values not selected are represented in the field associated with the one or more remote property values by a combined representation value, the combined representation value having associated time-date information based on time-date information for the remaining portion of property values; formatting the identified time-date information in a standard format parsable by one or more devices in the distributed computing system; and sending the formatted time-date information to the remote database for storage in a field associated with the one or more remote property values.