{"id":675,"date":"2018-06-23T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T04:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2020-04-11T20:13:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T13:13:20","slug":"sql-server-time","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-time\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to store the time of a day in the database by using SQL Server <code>TIME<\/code> data type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='introduction-to-sql-server-time-data-type'>Introduction to SQL Server TIME data type <a href=\"#introduction-to-sql-server-time-data-type\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"introduction-to-sql-server-time-data-type\" title=\"Anchor for Introduction to SQL Server &lt;code&gt;TIME&lt;\/code&gt; data type\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SQL Server <code>TIME<\/code> data type defines a time of a day based on 24-hour clock. The syntax of the <code>TIME<\/code> data type is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">TIME&#91; (fractional second scale) ]\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The fractional second scale specifies the number of digits for the fractional part of the seconds. The fractional second scale ranges from 0 to 7. By default, the fractional second scale is 7 if you don&#8217;t explicitly specify it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example illustrates how to create a table with a <code>TIME<\/code> column:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> table_name(\n    ...,\n    start_at <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">TIME<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>),\n    ...\n);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The default literal format for a <code>TIME<\/code> value is<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">hh:mm:ss&#91;.nnnnnnn]\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>hh<\/code> is two digits that represent the hour with a range from 0 to 23.<\/li><li><code>mm<\/code> is two digits that represent the minute with a range from 0 to 59.<\/li><li><code>ss<\/code> is two digits that represent the second with the range from 0 to 59.<\/li><li>The fractional seconds part can be zero to seven digits that has a range from 0 to 9999999.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><code>A<\/code> time value with the default of 100ms fractional second precision requires 5 bytes storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the <code>TIME<\/code> data type is not the time zone-awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-time-data-type-example'>SQL Server TIME data type example <a href=\"#sql-server-time-data-type-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-time-data-type-example\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;TIME&lt;\/code&gt; data type example\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-create-table\/\">creates a table<\/a> named <code>sales.visits<\/code> with two <code>TIME<\/code> columns that record the visit time of the customers to a particular store:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> sales.visits (\n    visit_id <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INT<\/span> PRIMARY <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IDENTITY<\/span>,\n    customer_name <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">VARCHAR<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">50<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    phone <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">VARCHAR<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span>),\n    store_id <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    visit_on <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">DATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    start_at <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">TIME<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    end_at <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">TIME<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>,\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FOREIGN<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span> (store_id) <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">REFERENCES<\/span> sales.stores (store_id)\n);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The following <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-insert\/\">INSERT<\/a><\/code> statement adds a row to the <code>sales.visits<\/code> table:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INSERT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INTO<\/span> sales.visits (\n    customer_name,\n    phone,\n    store_id,\n    visit_on,\n    start_at,\n    end_at\n)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">VALUES<\/span>\n    (\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'John Doe'<\/span>,\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'(408)-993-3853'<\/span>,\n        <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>,\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'2018-06-23'<\/span>,\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'09:10:00'<\/span>,\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'09:30:00'<\/span>\n    );\n<\/code><\/span><small 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