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datetime

datetime noun: a variable or data type that can hold both date and time components.

Noun

datetime (plural datetimes)

  1. 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

Forms of datetime

pluraldatetimes

Origin of datetime

From date + time.

Words formed from datetime

Questions about datetime

What does datetime mean?
Datetime means a variable or data type that can hold both date and time components.
What part of speech is datetime?
Datetime is a noun.
What is the plural of datetime?
The plural of datetime is datetimes.

Words near datetime in the dictionary

  1. datestamped
  2. datestamping
  3. datestamps
  4. datestone
  5. datestones
  6. datetime
  7. datetimes
  8. datewear
  9. datewise
  10. dateworthy
  11. Datex2

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