sqlfan wrote:
> I'm very new to sqlite but I notice there is no way to mark a column as
> containing dates... What is the standard way to do operations with dates,
> please, and to store dates?  Should I try the format 20080405 and do my own
> calculations using my language's standard library?  (I'm using Python) or is
> there a better way to store dates?  Thank you for all your help.  I'm very
> new to all this.
>   
See http://www.sqlite.org/cvstrac/wiki?p=DateAndTimeFunctions for info 
on date and time functions.

I would suggest storing dates as floating point julian day numbers.

HTH
Dennis Cote
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