>INSERT INTO histfigures (name,bdate) VALUES ("Charlemagne",{^754-07-15})
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>What's the big deal? BTW, I'm not sure that date is correct but it works anyway.
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>>what if you are storing birthdates of historical figures?
sorry - i meant in terms of using those dates in date calculations - i.e. - how many days between the birth of Charlemagne and the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Ken B. Matson
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