TIMESTAMP is an [application domain|DOMAIN] that has the following characteristics: * data type in the data base is TIMESTAMP (see below) * screen representation is as a text field (usually display only - as the value would be system generated) ---- TIMESTAMP is an [Oracle data type|ORACLE_DATA_TYPE] that indicates this field holds a date/time value. TIMESTAMP is similar to DATE but allows for accuracy down to three decimal places beyond seconds (the most granular that [DATE] goes).