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From rkmr.em@gmail.com
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In response to Re: storing repeating dates / events  (Jorge Godoy <jgodoy@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jorge Godoy <jgodoy@gmail.com> wrote:
Em Saturday 06 September 2008 14:12:49 rkmr.em@gmail.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

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