You develop a database for a travel application. You need to design tables and other database objects.You
create the Airline_Schedules table. You need to store the departure and arrival dates and times of flights along
with time zone information. What should you do?
A.
Use the CAST function.
B.
Use the DATE data type.
C.
Use the FORMAT function.
D.
Use an appropriate collation.
E.
Use a user-defined table type.
F.
Use the VARBINARY data type.
G.
Use the DATETIME data type.
H.
Use the DATETIME2 data type.
I.
Use the DATETIMEOFFSET data type.
J.
Use the TODATETIMEOFFSET function.
Explanation:
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff848733.aspx
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb630289.aspx
The answer is I. Since it’s the datatype that can store time zone information.
Answer I
DECLARE @datetimeoffset datetimeoffset(4) = ’12-10-25 12:32:10 +01:00′;
DECLARE @date date= @datetimeoffset;
SELECT @datetimeoffset AS ‘@datetimeoffset ‘, @date AS ‘date’;
–Result
–@datetimeoffset date
——————————– ———-
–2025-12-10 12:32:10.0000 +01:0 2025-12-10
—
–(1 row(s) affected)