[SERVER-3286] Advantages of MongoDate Created: 17/Jun/11  Updated: 29/Aug/11  Resolved: 17/Jun/11

Status: Closed
Project: Core Server
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Type: Question Priority: Minor - P4
Reporter: Wes Widner Assignee: Scott Hernandez (Inactive)
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 Description   

What are the advantages of using a Date field vs an integer?



 Comments   
Comment by Scott Hernandez (Inactive) [ 17/Jun/11 ]

It is a real type which all languages drivers know about, and can represent natively in the language.

If you are able to store less granularity than ms (milliseconds) then you could use a smaller integer (32bits) rather than the 64bits used for a Date.

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