I was wondering that myself. Does MySQL have any sort of Date type?

Yes, the MySQL DATE type uses YYYY-MM-DD syntax, and also understands YY-MM-DD and YYMMDD. Range 0000-00-00 to 9999-12-31. It also has a DATETIME type in "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" format. Same range as DATE. Regards, Jeff Bauer Rubicon, Inc.