On 3 Jun 2018, at 9:48am, Thomas Kurz <sqlite.2...@t-net.ruhr> wrote:
> he problem not having a DATETIME field is, however, very simple: When reading > a foreign database which stores date values as a number, I have to guess on > how to get back the correct date. People and companies are very creative in > that regard: Is it unix-based? Is it like Excel? Is it days, minutes, > seconds, or even milliseconds? Since when? [snip] You get that from the same place you get the units for numeric units. Is "length" inches or centimetres ? Is "audit" TRUE when it has been audited or when it needs auditing ? > Import and export from/to text formats shouldn't be a problem either as other > DBSs already support DATETIME and TIMESTAMP and obviously have found a > representation of such values in SQL (it's probably defined in the SQL > standard anyway). There are indeed data types about date and time in section 4.5 of SQL95. They're a weird by modern standards but they are there. Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
