help !!! use number or date to store date ????

From: Tong Siew Pui <sptong_at_singnet.com.sg>
Date: 1995/08/20
Message-ID: <417epe$9hn_at_lantana.singnet.com.sg>#1/1


If I want to store the month and year in a table, should I use

   year number(4)
   month number(2)
or

should I use date to store the value but default the day to 1st of the month ???

What are the advantages and disadvantages ????? Received on Sun Aug 20 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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