Are there any benefits to storing a UTC timestamp in a datetimeoffset field vs datetime2? It seems they're essentially the same.
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| datetimeoffset | datetime2 |
|------------------------------------+-----------------------------|
| 2021-02-12 16:48:11.0677934 +00:00 | 2021-02-12 16:48:11.0677934 |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
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按热度按时间rkttyhzu1#
The
datetimeoffsetdata type will allow comparison between different offsets of the same time. e.g.:If you are storing only UTC values (where the offset is always zero), you can save storage space with
datetime2.datetimeoffsetrequires 10 bytes of storage whereasdatetime2needs 8 bytes for precision 5 or greater, 7 bytes for precision 3-4, and 6 bytes for precision 2 or less.