I found below statement regarding date column type: date stores only the date component

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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T20:09:49+00:00 2026-05-18T20:09:49+00:00

I found below statement regarding “date” column type:

“date” stores only the date component
without the time component, ranging
from 1st January 0001 to 31st December
9999, with accuracy of 1 day

I am not able to understand what is meaning of accuracy here?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-18T20:09:49+00:00

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It means that the minimum difference from date to date is a single day, nothing less.

In other words, you can’t store hours in a date column.

Or, that the data is accurate to within a day.

See date on MSDN:

Range – 0001-01-01 through 9999-12-31. January 1, 1 A.D. through December 31, 9999 A.D.
Accuracy – One day

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