The date and time data types are commonly used to describe the occurrence of events such as birth date. PostgreSQL supports the following date and time types:
| Name | Size in bytes | Description | Low value | High value |
| Timestamp without time zone | 8 | Date and time without time zone, equivalent to timestamp | 4713 BC | 294276 AD |
| Timestamp with time zone | 8 |
Date and time with timezone, equivalent to timestamptz
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4713 BC | 294276 AD |
| Date | 4 | Date only | 4713 BC | 294276 AD |
| Time without time zone | 8 | Time of day | 00:00:00 | 24:00:00 |
| Time with time zone | 12 | Time of day with time zone | 00:00:00+1459 | 24:00:00-1459 |
| Interval | 16 | Time interval | -178,000,000 years | +178,000,000 years |
PostgreSQL stores the timestamp with and without ...
