Can date be included in the fact table as a measure?

Dear All,
I have to migrate a database form relational model to dimensional model. It a kind of human resource database. I don't know what MEASURES should I keep in the fact table. There are only dates, like date the employee joined the institution and the date he will leave. Most of the other fields are non-numeric. well date is also non-numeric but we can calculate the duration the employee worked from these dates.
What do you suggest?

I'd be careful about adding a "measure" of duration worked (be it days, months, years - doesn't matter). Causes lots of churn. For example, if you choose a measure of "duration_worked_in_days" - every single row in the fact table would be obsoleted every single day....
What types of questions do you expect the fact table to answer?
I'm working on a HR mart right now, and my fact data is around pay rates (not actual pay), i.e. annual salary, hourly salary, etc. My records also have two "date" dims - effective start date and effective end date. Meaning if my annual salary is $50 a year between 1/1/2008 and 12/31/2008, that's what the row shows. When (or if) I get a pay raise (/cut), the "current" record gets end dated, and a new record inserted.
When you say that a fact table "must" contain measure columns - I assume you're using the actual OWB fact / dimension objects, vs. just tables? Very common in a HR data warehouse to have a "factless" fact table.
Hope this helps,
Scott

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