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Date: store only date data. Should appear the same to everyone regardless of timezone. ex. 1/1/2024.
Timestamp/datetime: store an exact timestamp of date and time. ex. 1/1/2024 00:00 UTC. Does not store timezone info, e.g. 04:00 UTC is identical to 00:00 EDT.
The following fields should be date but are grandfathered in as timestamps.
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