RE: [Zope-dev] ZMailIn patch (index 'date' as DateTime object)

2001-11-09 Thread Jean Jordaan
Hi Steve > Jean Jordaan wrote: > > > But it's still a string, and can't be used in comparisons > > with DateTimes. Why not just use 'datetime', also sortable? > > DateTime objects are huge. Hmm, OK, I'll keep that in mind .. For sorting my mails, though, I'll stick with the DateTimes. It wo

Re: [Zope-dev] ZMailIn patch (index 'date' as DateTime object)

2001-11-09 Thread Steve Alexander
Jean Jordaan wrote: > > But it's still a string, and can't be used in comparisons > with DateTimes. Why not just use 'datetime', also sortable? DateTime objects are huge. There's this trade-off between cacheing up the presentation of dates, and their compactness for storage. In general in Z