Re: Converting DATE. TIME, and TIMESTAMP values for SQL

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From: Arno Brinkman
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 20:27

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Hi,

> How does one convert:
>
> 1) A 32-bit integer date value to an acceptable SQL value for a DATE
column,
> or does a 32-bit numeric value suffice ?
> 2) A 32-bit integer time value to an acceptable SQL value for a TIME
column,
> or does a 32-bit numeric value suffice ?
> 3) A 64-bit large integer value to an acceptable SQL value for a TIMESTAMP
> column, or does the 64 bit numeric value suffice ?
>
> Essentially what are the acceptable values for inserting or updating a
DATE,
> TIME, or TIMESTAMP value in an SQL statement in Interbase ?

I can't find any specific format's in the standard-SQL language, but as far
as i know the most db-engines supports these formats (and so does Interbase)
:

DATE : YY-MM-DD
TIME : HH:NN:SS
TIMESTAMP : YY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS

Regards,
Arno

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