Aaron,
With current disk sizes and the constant growth rate, there is absolutely no good reason to use shortdatetime instead of datetime. Saving 4 bytes just isn't worth it.
Make sure you paste your comment below into all of your code, along with your name, so that those progammers that come behind you can properly venerate your short-sightedness. *bg*
>At my age, I wouldn't worry too much about Year 2076... however, I would concentrate on the layout...