The DateTime types are as follows:
- DATE refers to a specific calendar date that has a fixed length of eight
single-byte digits.
- INTERVAL refers to a span of time that has a length ranging from two to
twenty-seven single-byte digits.
- TIME refers to an instance in time that has a fixed length of six single-byte
digits.
- TIMESTAMP refers to the current time and has a length ranging from two
to twenty single-byte digits.
Refer to the subtopics under this heading for more information on this
subject.