Date and Time Types
This section lists the column types for storing dates and times. No special attributes can be declared for these column types, and only the global attributes (for example, NULL, NOT NULL) are applicable.
DATE
Description: Date in the format YYYY-MM-DD
Range: 1000-01-01 to 9999-12-31
Zero value: 0000-00-00
Required storage: 3 bytes
TIME
Description: Time in the format hh:mm:ss
Range: -838:59:59 to 838:59:59
Zero value: 00:00:00
Required storage: 3 bytes
DATETIME
Description: Date and time in the format YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Range: 1000-01-01 00:00:00 to 9999-12-31 23:59:59
Zero value: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Required storage: 8 bytes
YEAR
Description: Year in the format YYYY
Range: 1901 to 2155
Zero value: 0000
Required storage: ...
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