datetime2 (Transact-SQL)
Defines a date that is combined with a time of day that is based on 24-hour clock. datetime2 can be considered as an extension of the existing datetime type that has a larger date range, a larger default fractional precision, and optional user-specified precision.
For an overview of all Transact-SQL date and time data types and functions, see Date and Time Data Types and Functions (Transact-SQL). For information and examples that are common to date and time data types and functions, see Using Date and Time Data.
datetime2 Description
Property |
Value |
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Syntax |
datetime2 [ (fractional seconds precision) ] |
Usage |
DECLARE @MyDatetime2 datetime2(7) CREATE TABLE Table1 ( Column1 datetime2(7) ) |
Default string literal format (used for down-level client) |
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss[.fractional seconds] For more information, see the "Backward Compatibility for Down-level Clients" section of Using Date and Time Data. |
Date range |
0001-01-01 through 9999-12-31 January 1,1 AD through December 31, 9999 AD |
Time range |
00:00:00 through 23:59:59.9999999 |
Time zone offset range |
None |
Element ranges |
YYYY is a four-digit number, ranging from 0001 through 9999, that represents a year. MM is a two-digit number, ranging from 01 to 12, that represents a month in the specified year. DD is a two-digit number, ranging from 01 to 31 depending on the month, that represents a day of the specified month. hh is a two-digit number, ranging from 00 to 23, that represents the hour. mm is a two-digit number, ranging from 00 to 59, that represents the minute. ss is a two-digit number, ranging from 00 to 59, that represents the second. n* is a zero- to seven-digit number from 0 to 9999999 that represents the fractional seconds. |
Character length |
19 positions minimum (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss ) to 27 maximum (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.0000000) |
Precision, scale |
0 to 7 digits, with an accuracy of 100ns. The default precision is 7 digits. |
Storage size |
6 bytes for precisions less than 3; 7 bytes for precisions 3 and 4. All other precisions require 8 bytes. |
Accuracy |
100 nanoseconds |
Default value |
1900-01-01 00:00:00 |
Calendar |
Gregorian |
User-defined fractional second precision |
Yes |
Time zone offset aware and preservation |
No |
Daylight saving aware |
No |
For data type metadata, see sys.systypes (Transact-SQL) or TYPEPROPERTY (Transact-SQL). Precision and scale are variable for some date and time data types. To obtain the precision and scale for a column, see COLUMNPROPERTY (Transact-SQL), COL_LENGTH (Transact-SQL), or sys.columns (Transact-SQL).
Supported String Literal Formats for datetime2
The following tables list the supported ISO 8601 and ODBC string literal formats for datetime2. For information about alphabetical, numeric, unseparated, and time formats for the date and time parts of datetime2, see date (Transact-SQL) and time (Transact-SQL).
ISO 8601 |
Descriptions |
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YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.nnnnnnn] YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.nnnnnnn] |
This format is not affected by the SET LANGUAGE and SET DATEFORMAT session locale settings. The T, the colons (:) and the period (.) are included in the string literal, for example '2007-05-02T19:58:47.1234567'. |
ODBC |
Description |
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{ ts 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss[.fractional seconds]' } |
ODBC API specific:
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Examples
The following example compares the results of casting a string to each date and time data type.
SELECT
CAST('2007-05-08 12:35:29. 1234567 +12:15' AS time(7)) AS 'time'
,CAST('2007-05-08 12:35:29. 1234567 +12:15' AS date) AS 'date'
,CAST('2007-05-08 12:35:29.123' AS smalldatetime) AS
'smalldatetime'
,CAST('2007-05-08 12:35:29.123' AS datetime) AS 'datetime'
,CAST('2007-05-08 12:35:29. 1234567 +12:15' AS datetime2(7)) AS
'datetime2'
,CAST('2007-05-08 12:35:29.1234567 +12:15' AS datetimeoffset(7)) AS
'datetimeoffset';
Here is the result set.
Data type |
Output |
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time |
12:35:29. 1234567 |
date |
2007-05-08 |
smalldatetime |
2007-05-08 12:35:00 |
datetime |
2007-05-08 12:35:29.123 |
datetime2 |
2007-05-08 12:35:29. 1234567 |
datetimeoffset |
2007-05-08 12:35:29.1234567 +12:15 |
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