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Published inMay 2020
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Josephine Bush
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Josephine Bush has over 10 years experience as a Database Administrator. Her experience is extensive and broad-based, including in financial, business, and energy data systems using MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics. She holds a BS in Information Technology, an MBA in IT Management, and an MS in Data Analytics.
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Understanding date and time data types

Date and time data types can hold dates, times, and combinations of dates and time, timestamps, and years. This section walks you through the different date and time data types in MySQL. This section also shows you where Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server date and time data types are different.

Date and time data types in MySQL

The date and time data types in MySQL include:

  • DATE: This data type can hold a date in the format of YYYY-MM-DD. The range is from '1000-01-01' to '9999-12-31'. For example, December 15, 1997, would be stored as 1997-12-15.
  • TIME: This data type holds time values in the format of hh:mm:ss. The range is from '-838:59:59' to '838...
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Josephine Bush

Josephine Bush has over 10 years experience as a Database Administrator. Her experience is extensive and broad-based, including in financial, business, and energy data systems using MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL. She is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management and Analytics. She holds a BS in Information Technology, an MBA in IT Management, and an MS in Data Analytics.
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