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List:       php-db
Subject:    RE: [PHP-DB] Dates
From:       "John Holmes" <holmes072000 () charter ! net>
Date:       2002-09-27 21:51:24
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>    I am doing a database of things that have dates, some I know the
month >and year of, some I only know the year. I suppose I could do a
field for >the year, and one for month, and then allow the month to be
NULL. But is >there a date type that allows years and  / or months??? 

If that's all you have is a year, or a year-month, then you don't have a
date. You have and year and you have a month. Use an integer or text
column to store it, and process it with PHP.

---John Holmes... 


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