RavenDB Open source 2nd generation document DB

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As a Document DB it remains true to the core principles of these type of storage mechanisms. Somehow it manages to combine the best of relational databases with that of document databases.

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RavenDB version 2.0. Other versions:

Storing dates in RavenDB

How should I store dates in RavenDB? Using UTC? Using Local Time?

When you store a date to RavenDB It will save whether its UTC or Local.
However if you have people from round the world using the same database and you use local time the offset is not stored. If you want to deal with this scenario you need to store the date DateTimeOffset that will store the date and its time zone.

The decision whatever to use UTC or Local Time is an application decision, not an infrastructure decision.

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REPLY Posted by Matt Johnson on Monday, 23 July 2012, 21:52

Isn't this example outdated since datetimes are now serialized in ISO8601 format?

REPLY Posted by Ayende Rahien on Monday, 23 July 2012, 23:01

Yes, it is out of date, we will update this tomorrow

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