On 10 March 2010 10:42, Newb Newb <[email protected]> wrote:
> my date field in the varchar datatype
>

You're a little bit stuffed then - as comparing greater/less than is
comparing strings not times...

You can fudge it in your queries (assuming MySQL) using the
"str_to_date" function - but roll your sleeves up, as it's gonna be
messy!

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_str-to-date

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