{"id":11048,"date":"2024-03-14T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-timestamp-data-type-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T06:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:59:17","slug":"how-to-use-the-timestamp-data-type-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-the-timestamp-data-type-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL TIMESTAMP Data Type: Usage Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In MySQL, the TIMESTAMP type is used to store dates and times. You can use the TIMESTAMP type to store a specific date and time, such as the creation time or update time.<\/p>\n<p>To create a table using the TIMESTAMP type, you can specify the data type of the field as TIMESTAMP in the CREATE TABLE statement, as shown below:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>CREATE TABLE example_table (\r\n    id INT PRIMARY KEY,\r\n    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP\r\n);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, the field created_at is defined as a TIMESTAMP type and is set with a default value of the current time. 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