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>Can anyone tell me what advantages there are in keeping dates and times in
a MySQL DateTime field, as opposed to storing its >string equivalent in a
Varchar field ?
Decent sorting, validity checking, being able to use the DATE and TIME
functions etc etc...
With regards,
Martijn Tonies
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