| From: | christoph(dot)dellavalle(at)goetheanum(dot)ch |
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| To: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | variable date precision |
| Date: | 2003-10-16 06:07:01 |
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hi there
i've got a problem with a field set up as type date. now we discovered that we have to allow not only full dates (2003-10-16) but also dates where we have only a month or even a year. we see that it is not a very good practice to use the first of the month because it is ambiguous. on the other side, date does not allow entries like "2003-10-00".
this db already contains quite a few records, so i'm not really keen on changing the data-type. nevertheless, i'm interested in the theoretically correct solution as much as in a practical one, since it is not the first time i've come across this problem.
any suggestions are very welcome...
chris
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