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DateTime Types

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Syntax

 

<datetime type> ::=

 

 

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DATE

TIME

TIMESTAMP

DATETIME

 

Notes

 

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DATE is a 4 byte type that contains the datetime fields YEAR, MONTH and DAY.

 

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TIME is a 4 byte type that contains the datetime fields HOUR, MINUTE and SECOND.

 

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TIMESTAMP is a 8 byte type that contains the datetime fields YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MINUTE and SECOND.

 

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DATETIME is a NexusDB synonym for TIMESTAMP.

 

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The time precision of the datetime types is milliseconds, 3 digits following the decimal point in the SECOND datetime field.

 

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Two date time values are comparable only if both have the same datetime fields.

 

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A datetime value is assignable only to a datetime site having the same datetime fields.

 

 


Conformance

 

SQL:2003 standard

 

NexusDB extensions

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Core SQL

 

DATETIME

 

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