Difference between the DATE and TIMESTAMP datatypes: : TIMESTAMP « Data Type « Oracle PL / SQL






Difference between the DATE and TIMESTAMP datatypes:

    
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    d DATE := SYSTIMESTAMP;
  3    t TIMESTAMP(3) := SYSTIMESTAMP;
  4  BEGIN
  5    dbms_output.put_line('DATE      ['||d||']');
  6  END;
  7  /
DATE      [26-OCT-09]

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