Best here is to just use a DATE field, then use DATE_FORMAT when you want to pull up the customized date. It will get stored as a timestamp (integer), so you really won't notice that much of a storage difference.Is it possible in mysql to create a date field that stores year and month only (YYYY-MM) without having to zero out the day or use varchar type fields
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