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<h1 class="topictitle1">Date, time, and timestamp data types</h1>
<div><p>Date, time, and timestamp are data types represented in an internal
form not seen by the SQL user. </p>
<div class="section"><p>Date, time, and timestamp can be represented by character string
values and assigned to character string variables. The database manager recognizes
the following as date, time, and timestamp values: </p>
<ul><li>A value returned by the DATE, TIME, or TIMESTAMP scalar functions.</li>
<li>A value returned by the CURRENT DATE, CURRENT TIME, or CURRENT TIMESTAMP
special registers.</li>
<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />A value of a character string in the ANSI/ISO standard
date, time, or timestamp format, for example, <strong>DATE</strong> '1950-01-01'.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
<li>A character string when it is an operand of an arithmetic expression or
a comparison <em>and</em> the other operand is a date, time, or timestamp.
For example, in the predicate: <pre><strong>WHERE</strong> HIREDATE &lt; '1950-01-01'</pre>
<p>if
HIREDATE is a date column, the character string '1950-01-01' is interpreted
as a date.</p>
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<li>A character string variable or constant used to set a date, time, or timestamp
column in either the SET clause of an UPDATE statement, or the VALUES clause
of an INSERT statement.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafyspecifycurdate.htm">Specify current date and time values</a></strong><br />
You can specify a current date, time, or timestamp in an expression by specifying one of three special registers: CURRENT DATE, CURRENT TIME, or CURRENT TIMESTAMP.</li>
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Addition and subtraction are the only arithmetic operators applicable to date, time, and timestamp values.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafytexas.htm" title="Learn a variety of ways of tailoring your query to gather data using the SELECT statement. One way to do this is to use the SELECT statement in a program to retrieve a specific row (for example, the row for an employee). Furthermore, you can use clauses to gather data in a specific way.">Retrieve data using the SELECT statement</a></div>
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<div><a href="../db2/rbafzmstch2data.htm">Data types</a></div>
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