Temporal Types and Literals

Summary

U-SQL’s built-in temporal types are:

DateTime   DateTime?  

The grammar rules use Temporal_Type to refer to one of these types.

U-SQL’s temporal types do not have a built-in literal form, but require the standard C# construction mechanisms such as DateTime.Parse() or new DateTime(). Note that these constructions with simple string and number parameters are constant folded (executed at compile time) and thus are similar to a built-in literal.

See Also

• Simple Built-In U-SQL Types
• Data Types and Literals (U-SQL)
• [Date & Time](../../../operators/csharp-functions-and-operators.md#Date & Time)