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I go back and forth on this internally and decided to ask the experts.
Without starting another political battle (like that won't happen), when
defining a date field, is it better to define it as a date or as a decimal
8?
What I see is:
Benefits to date:
* SQL selections on date are simple
* can easily use data BIFS
Benefits to decimal 8:
* Can have a "zero" date, a date typed field needs to be 0001-01-01
* date BIFS a bit harder to use (but not much)
What is your preference and why?
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