SQL Dialects Reference/Data structure definition/Data types/Date and time types

Date and time types

This page includes comparison tables which can be big and complex.

While it's perfectly all right to view them in their complete state, it is recommended to install a comparison tables extension that would allow to select particular columns of interest for comparison.

SQL version	Feature	Standard SQL:2011	DB2	Firebird	Ingres	Linter	MSSQL	MySQL Vers. 5.x	MonetDB	Oracle Vers. 11.x	PostgreSQL	SQLite	Virtuoso
?	Date only	DATE	DATE	DATE	DATE ANSIDATE INGRESDATE	DATE, DATETIME	date	DATE	DATE	DATE (includes TIME !)	DATE	TEXT^[1]	DATE
?	Time only	TIME	TIME	TIME	TIME [WITHOUT TIME ZONE]	DATE DATETIME	time	TIME	TIME	no	TIME [WITHOUT TIME ZONE]	TEXT^[1]	TIME
?	Time with time zone	TIME WITH TIME ZONE	?	?	TIME WITH TIME ZONE	?	N/A	N/A	TIME WITH TIME ZONE	no	TIME WITH TIME ZONE	N/A	N/A
?	Date and time without time zone	TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP	DATE TIMESTAMP ANSIDATE INGRESDATE	DATE DATETIME	datetime2 datetime smalldatetime	TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE	DATE TIMESTAMP	TIMESTAMP [WITHOUT TIME ZONE]	TEXT REAL INTEGER^[1]	DATETIME TIMESTAMP
?	Date and time with time zone	TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE	?	?	?	?	datetimeoffset	N/A	TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE	TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE	TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE	N/A	N/A
?	Time interval	INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND(n) INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH	?	?	INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND(n) INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH	?	N/A	Not available as data type, only as data values.	INTERVAL	INTERVAL DAY[(day_precision)] TO SECOND[(fractional_second_precision)] INTERVAL YEAR [(year_precision)] TO MONTH	INTERVAL	N/A	?

↑ ^a ^b ^c the built-in date/time functions can use these types for storing values

[SQLiteDT-1] the built-in date/time functions can use these types for storing values

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