Roland Corbet said: > > However, although there are relatively few pieces of history we need > to store before the year 1000 they are equally important. We are > likely to have dates such as 0005-04-10 or even BC dates > (-)3000-00-00.
> Alternatively, is there a better method which I could use? For me, having to work with dates is a key indicator to use PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. The PostgreSQL date datatype can store dates as far back as 4713 BC. Jochem -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
