TIME Data Type | Data Types and Literals | Teradata Vantage - TIME Data Type - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-06
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Product Category
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Identifies a field as a TIME value.

This is not the value returned by the TIME function, which is formatted as a REAL number.

ANSI Compliance

TIME is non-ANSI standard. Analytics Database stores a TIME value in UTC.

Syntax

TIME [ ( fractional_seconds_precision ) ] [ attributes [...] ]

Syntax Elements

fractional_seconds_precision
A single digit representing the number of significant digits in the fractional portion of the SECOND field.
Values for fractional_seconds_precision range from 0 to 6 inclusive.
The default precision is 6.
attributes
Appropriate data type, column storage, or column constraint attributes.
See Core Data Type Attributes and Storage and Constraint Attributes for specific information.