> Do you really need microsecond, or even day, resolution in your dates? I
wonder if it'd not be good enough to store the year as an integer.
Maybe 2 columns:
date_col type date = For dates post 4713BC. Set to NULL if ealier than
4713BC.
year_col type integer = Store the year from date_col
Then write your queries appropriately to look at year_col if date_col IS
NULL?
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