Re: storing repeating dates / events

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jorge Godoy <jgodoy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> 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.
>
yes i am trying to build a alerting system where events will repeat
weekly/monthly/annually

what is the best way to store this kind of information in postgres?
thanks