SQL data type time

Question

Is it possible to create a data type in SQL similar to time that only displays the hour and minutes instead of the hour, minutes and seconds.

For example, If I inserted values into a table with the data type time I would get hh:mm:ss. How could I insert a value that only displays hh:mm?

Answer 1

Use TIME . More generally, the format in which you want something displayed should not affect your decision of the format in which it should be stored.