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--- incubator/derby/docs/trunk/src/ref/rrefsqlj21908.dita	2005/05/05 03:40:02	168251
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//IBM//DTD DITA Reference//EN"
+ "../dtd/reference.dtd">
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-<!DOCTYPE reference PUBLIC "-//IBM//DTD DITA Reference//EN"
- "../dtd/reference.dtd">
 <reference id="rrefsqlj21908" xml:lang="en-us">
 <title>TIME</title>
 <prolog><metadata>
 <keywords><indexterm>TIME data type</indexterm></keywords>
 </metadata></prolog>
 <refbody>
-<section> <p>TIME provides for storage of an hour-minutes-seconds-fractional-seconds
-value with six digits in the fractional-seconds part. <ph conref="refconrefs.dita#prod/productshortname"></ph> also
-supports the ISO format of 8 characters (6 digits, and 2 decimal points).</p></section>
-<refsyn><title>Syntax</title> <codeblock><b>TIME</b></codeblock> </refsyn>
-<section><title>Corresponding compile-time Java type</title> <p><i>java.sql.Time</i></p> </section>
-<section><title>JDBC metadata type (java.sql.Types)</title> <p>TIME</p> <p>Dates,
+<section> <p>TIME provides for storage of a time-of-day value.</p></section>
+<refsyn><title>Syntax</title><codeblock><b>TIME</b></codeblock> </refsyn>
+<section><title>Corresponding compile-time Java type</title><p><i>java.sql.Time</i></p> </section>
+<section><title>JDBC metadata type (java.sql.Types)</title><p>TIME</p><p>Dates,
 times, and timestamps cannot be mixed with one another in expressions except
-with a CAST.</p> <p>Any value that is recognized by the <i>java.sql.Time</i> method
-is permitted in a column of the corresponding SQL date/time data type.</p> </section>
-<section><title>Related information</title> <codeblock><b>TIME'HH:MM:SS[.FFFFFF']</b></codeblock> </section>
-<example> <codeblock><b>VALUES TIME('15:09:02')
+with a CAST.</p><p>Any value that is recognized by the <i>java.sql.Time</i> method
+is permitted in a column of the corresponding SQL date/time data type. <ph
+conref="refconrefs.dita#prod/productshortname"></ph> supports the following
+formats for TIME:<codeblock>hh:mm[:ss]
+hh.mm[.ss]
+hh[:mm] {AM | PM}</codeblock>The first of the three formats above is the <i>java.sql.Time</i> format.</p><p>Hours
+may have one or two digits. Minutes and seconds, if present, must have two
+digits.</p><p><ph conref="refconrefs.dita#prod/productshortname"></ph> also
+accepts strings in the locale specific datetime format, using the locale of
+the database server. If there is an ambiguity, the built-in formats above
+take precedence.</p> </section>
+<example> <title>Examples</title><codeblock><b>VALUES TIME('15:09:02')
 VALUES '15:09:02'</b></codeblock> </example>
 </refbody>
 </reference>
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