datetime

noun

datetime

noun

Etymology From date + time.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A variable or data type that can hold both date and time components.

  • If you anticipate dealing with a database with multiple time zones, we suggest you consider a region-to-GMT offset table and store all times as absolute GMT datetimes for ease of calculation.2002, Tamar E. Granor, Doug Hennig, Ted Roche, Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 7.0, page 24:
Derived terms
date-time
Hyponyms
date, time

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