Instant - Precision

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An instant can be defined at different level (known also as precision)

Precision Instant Name
year
year-month
year-month-day (such as an anniversary date) date
year-month-day hour
year-month-day hour:minute
year-month-day hour:minute:second datetime
year-month-day hour:minute:second.milliseconds timestamp

On a computer level, a date data type may be used to store time at the second level. (Example with java) You need to lookup the data type definition to known it's precision





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