Datetime

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A variable or data type that can hold both date and time components.

    "If you anticipate dealing with a database with multiple time zones, we suggest you consider a region-to-GMT offset table and store all times as absolute GMT datetimes for ease of calculation."

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"If you anticipate dealing with a database with multiple time zones, we suggest you consider a region-to-GMT offset table and store all times as absolute GMT datetimes for ease of calculation."

Etymology

From date + time.

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date-timedata type

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