DateTime2 vs DateTime in SQL Server
Asked 07 September, 2021
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Which one:

is the recommended way to store date and time in SQL Server 2008+?

I'm aware of differences in precision (and storage space probably), but ignoring those for now, is there a best practice document on when to use what, or maybe we should just use datetime2 only?

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