SQL Server Data Types - DATETIME

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SQL Server - DATETIME
Syntax	DATETIME
Data	Date and time data (year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds and 1/300 seconds)
Range	January 01, 1753 00:00:00.000 to December 31, 9999 11:59:59.997 with accuracy 1/300 second
Storage Size	8 bytes
Standards	SQL Server Extension

SQL Server DATETIME - Equivalents in Other Databases

Database	Data Type and Conversion
Oracle	TIMESTAMP(p), January 1, 4712 BC 00:00:00.000000000 to December 31, 9999 23:59:59.999999999 (nanoseconds accuracy)
MySQL	DATETIME, January 01, 1000 00:00:00 to December 31, 9999 23:59:59 (seconds accuracy)
PostgreSQL	TIMESTAMP(p), January 01, 4713 BC 00:00:00:000000 and December 31, 5874897 23:59:59:999999 (microseconds accuracy)
Sybase ASE	DATETIME, January 01, 1753 12:00:00.000 AM to December 31, 9999 11:59:59.999 PM with accuracy 1/300 second
Informix	DATETIME, January 01, 0001 12:00:00.00000 AM to December 31, 9999 11:59:59.99999 PM (with 10 microseconds accuracy)
Teradata	TIMESTAMP(p), January 01, 0001 00:00:00.000 to December 31, 9999 23:59:61.999999 (microseconds accuracy)
HP Neoview	TIMESTAMP(p), January 01, 0001 00:00:00.000000 to December 31, 9999 23:59:59.999999 (microseconds accuracy)
Ingres	TIMESTAMP(p), 0001-01-01 00:00:00 to 9999-12-31 24:00:00

Related Data Types in SQL Server

Data Types
Datetime	DATE	TIME	DATETIME2	DATETIMEOFFSET	SMALLDATETIME

All Data Types

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