SSC-FDM-OR0042
Date Type Transformed To Timestamp Has A Different Behavior
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Date Type Transformed To Timestamp Has A Different Behavior
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Date type is being transformed to either Date or Timestamp type depending on flag, because Date type in Snowflake has a different behavior than Oracle.
Functionality
Stores date and time information
Stores only date information (year, month, day)
Internal Storage
Binary number representing seconds since epoch
Compact format optimized for dates
Use Cases
General-purpose date and time storage
Scenarios where only date information is needed
Advantages
Supports both date and time
More efficient storage for dates
Limitations
Can't store date and time components separately.
Doesn't store time information
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