Hello.
For example, the size of the field. DATETIME uses only 8 bytes. See:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-requirements.html
Sinang, Danny wrote:
>Hello,
>
>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 ?
>Regards,
>Danny
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