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MySQL Data Types - DATETIME

Versions: MySQL 5.x, 4.x and 3.23

MySQL - DATETIME
Syntax DATETIME
Data Date data and time (year, month, day, hours, minutes and seconds)
Range January 01, 1000 00:00:00 to December 31, 9999 23:59:59
Special Values MySQL DATETIME accepts zero date value '0000-00-00 00:00:00' (or 0, '0') and 0 for day and month (can be disabled
by SQL Mode NO_ZERO_IN_DATE. Note: MySQL ODBC returns zero date as NULL
Error Handling if SQL Mode ALLOW_INVALID_DATES is specified, MySQL checks only month in the range 0-12
and day in the range 0-31 and invalid day can be inserted (Nov 31 i.e.)
Storage Size 8 bytes

MySQL 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)
SQL Server DATETIME, January 01, 1753 00:00:00.000 to December 31, 9999 23:59:59.997 (1/300 accuracy)
DATETIME2 and DATETIMEOFFSET, January 01, 0001 00:00:00.0000000 to December 31, 9999 23:59:59.9999999 (100 nanoseconds accuracy)
SMALLDATETIME, January 01, 1900 00:00 to June 06, 2079 11:59 (minute 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)
SMALLDATETIME, January 01, 1900 00:00 to June 06, 2079 11:59 (minute accuracy)
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 MySQL

Data Types
Datetime DATE TIME YEAR
Auto-uptated datetime TIMESTAMP

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