Best way to store time (hh:mm) in a database

Question

I want to store times in a database table but only need to store the hours and minutes. I know I could just use DATETIME and ignore the other components of the date, but wha

Answer 1

The saving of time in UTC format can help better as Kristen suggested.

Make sure that you are using 24 hr clock because there is no meridian AM or PM be used in UTC.

Example:

• 4:12 AM - 0412
• 10:12 AM - 1012
• 2:28 PM - 1428
• 11:56 PM - 2356

Its still preferrable to use standard four digit format.