Thread: [database] Help me sort this out in my brain!
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Unread 17 Apr 2005, 22:12   #10
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Re: [database] Help me sort this out in my brain!
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Originally Posted by JetLinus
Is that really bad? Would you mind pointing out to me why quickly?
Because there are other, string based date-formats? Or because of binary timestamps that are better to use?
Because I need to do arithmatics with the date and time (ie: calculate the difference in time between the records) which is a terrible programming problem (instead of an SQL problem) with conversion and so. There are about 20 functions that convert time and date to a timestamp, long yyyymmdd/hhmmss, or seconds display.
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