Peter Brawley wrote,
"The earliest possible MySQL date is around 1000CE, so
you could not store geologic dates in MySQL date cols.
"Million years before present" is the geologic time
unit that would most likely cohere with other geo
databases, isn't it? Then the Cambrian woul
David,
The earliest possible MySQL date is around 1000CE, so you could not
store geologic dates in MySQL date cols. "Million years before present"
is the geologic time unit that would most likely cohere with other geo
databases, isn't it? Then the Cambrian would show up arou
gt; wrote:
> I'm working on a geologic time database and want to
> ask a question about geologic time. Can/should you
> apply MySQL's date function to geologic time?
>
> In other words, if I create a field for the number of
> years ago a certain geologic period began or
I'm working on a geologic time database and want to
ask a question about geologic time. Can/should you
apply MySQL's date function to geologic time?
In other words, if I create a field for the number of
years ago a certain geologic period began or ended -
say 260 million years ago
