timestamptypes
Timestamptypes refer to a family of data types used to record a specific moment in time. They are designed to capture date and time information and may or may not include time zone or offset data. Timestamptypes are used across databases, programming languages, and data interchange formats to enable time-based storage, querying, and display.
Common representations include textual forms such as ISO 8601 or RFC 3339 strings, binary encodings based on
Precision and range vary by system, ranging from seconds to nanoseconds and covering wide historical to near-future