In fact, no time values in MySQL are fractional (yet). All times are stored to the nearest second regardless of which date-time-like storage type you use. They way Rhino phrased his answer, it sounded as though TIMSTAMP would save fractional seconds. It doesn't. He is spot on about needing a separate column to store any values that represent fractions of seconds.
Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine "Rhino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/02/2006 01:25:36 PM: > If you need a broader range of dates, you could use DATETIME instead of > TIMESTAMP: DATETIME can handle the range '1000-01-01 00:00:00' through > '9999-12-31 23:59:59'. The only big difference is that DATETIME does not > store the fractional part of the seconds, e.g. > milliseconds/microseconds/nanonseconds. If you have to keep the fractional > part of the seconds, you could store them in a second column defined as some > kind of integer. > > -- > Rhino > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rtroiana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:10 AM > Subject: TimeStamp issue > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > I have recently noticed in the MySQL 5.0 documentation in section 11.3.1. > > The DATETIME, DATE, and TIMESTAMP Types, it's mentioned that > > > > > > > > "TIMESTAMP values cannot be earlier than 1970 or later than 2037. This > > means > > that a date such as '1968-01-01', while legal as a DATETIME or DATE value, > > is not valid as a TIMESTAMP value and is converted to 0." > > > > > > > > Is that a correct range for TimeStamp? It's not big enough to be used in a > > real life application. > > > > > > > > I plan to use DATETIME instead of TIMESTAMP. I used to use > > "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" as default value for my > > TimeStamp column. Is there a way to assign default value to a DateTime > > column, since I couldn't find that in the documentation? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Reema > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 01/03/2006 > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 01/03/2006 > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
