What format are CCK dates stored in? In what format are CCK dates stored? If it stores dates in the database using a timestamp string instead of a native MySQL datetime format, what implications does that have in regards to storing dates before the unix epoch? Would it mean that CCK date fields would not be able to store something happening in year 1939, for example?
Date module provides three different formats, read about them here: Difference between date, datetime, and datestamp