Temporal Type and Conversion

Temporal variables in DolphinDB have the following data types:

Data Type Example
date 2013.06.13
month 2012.06M
time 13:30:10.008
minute 13:30m
second 13:30:10
datetime 2012.06.13 13:30:10 or 2012.06.13T13:30:10
timestamp 2012.06.13 13:30:10.008 or 2012.06.13T13:30:10.008
nanotime 09:00:01.000100001
nanotimestamp 2016.12.30T09:00:01.000100001

We can use temporal functions to convert a temporal data type into another temporal data type:

month(2016.02.14);
// output
2016.02M

date(2012.06.13 13:30:10);
// output
2012.06.13

second(2012.06.13 13:30:10);
// output
13:30:10

timestamp(2012.06.13 13:30:10);
// output
2012.06.13T13:30:10.000