Re: timestamp ?(RE: [GENERAL] scheduling table design) - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 06:25:12PM -0600, kaiq@realtyideas.com wrote:
> oops, it's "timestamp" now (just name change).
> BTW, I remember datetime is in sql92. "timestamp" is also in sql92? why
> "timestamp"  is better than "datetime" ? sql99(96) ?

Nope, DATETIME is not an SQL92 type, it's a class of types. Here's a
snip from the standard:

    <datetime type> ::=
            DATE
          | TIME [ <left paren> <time precision> <right paren> ]
          [ WITH TIME ZONE ]
          | TIMESTAMP [ <left paren> <timestamp precision> <right paren> ]
          [ WITH TIME ZONE ]

So the three SQL92 datetime types are DATE, TIME, and TIMESTAMP.

Ross
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