What is the purpose of using timestamp data type?



What is the purpose of using timestamp data type?..

Answer / Ghanshyam Paliwal

The `TIMESTAMP` data type stores the current date and time when a row is inserted or updated. It can be used to track the creation and modification times of records.

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