TIME

Syntax

TIME [{ WITHOUT | WITH } TIME ZONE]

For a bare TIME, WITHOUT TIME ZONE is assumed.

The TIME data type is available in Dialect 3 only.It stores the time of day within the range from 00:00:00.0000 to 23:59:59.9999.

If you need to get the time-part from DATE in Dialect 1, you can use the EXTRACT function.

Examples Using EXTRACT()

EXTRACT (HOUR FROM DATE_FIELD)
EXTRACT (MINUTE FROM DATE_FIELD)
EXTRACT (SECOND FROM DATE_FIELD)

See also the EXTRACT() function in the chapter entitled Built-in Scalar Functions.

The TIME (or synonym TIME WITHOUT TIME ZONE) represents a time without time zone information.