Re: storing repeating dates / events

From: Jorge Godoy <jgodoy(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "rkmr(dot)em(at)gmail(dot)com" <rkmr(dot)em(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: storing repeating dates / events
Date: 2008-09-06 17:32:41
Message-ID: 200809061432.47270.jgodoy@gmail.com
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Em Saturday 06 September 2008 14:12:49 rkmr(dot)em(at)gmail(dot)com escreveu:
> Hi
> I want to store dates / events for example birthdays (or may 5th) that
> repeats every year..
> what is the best way to do in postgres?
> if i use timestamp it is going to be use the current year.. how do i do
> this?

Along with the timestamp store a boolean that indicates if the event should
consider the year or not.

But you might surely design it better, specially for things that repeat on
intervals other than yearly.

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Jorge Godoy <jgodoy(at)gmail(dot)com>

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