Date and time data types

The xs:date, xs:time, and xs:dateTime data types support date and time data.

xs:date
The date type xs:date represents an interval of exactly one day that begins on the first moment of a given day.
xs:time
The data type xs:time represents an instant of time that recurs every day.
xs:dateTime
The data type xs:dateTime represents an instant in time.
xs:duration
The data type xs:duration represents a duration of time that is expressed by the Gregorian year, month, day, hour, minute, and second components. xs:duration is derived from data type xs:anyAtomicType.
xs:dayTimeDuration
The data type xs:dayTimeDuration represents a duration of time that is expressed by days, hours, minutes, and seconds components. xs:dayTimeDuration is derived from data type xs:duration.
xs:yearMonthDuration
The data type xs:yearMonthDuration represents a duration of time that is expressed by the Gregorian year and month components. xs:yearMonthDuration is derived from data type xs:duration.

Parent topic: XPath type system