kdb and similar systems have had it for years. https://code.kx.com/q4m3/2_Basic_Data_Types_Atoms/#253-date-time-types https://code.kx.com/q4m3/2_Basic_Data_Typ

kdb and similar systems have had it for years. https://code.kx.com/q4m3/2_Basic_Data_Types_Atoms/#253-date-time-types https://code.kx.com/q4m3/2_Basic_Data_Types_Atoms/#253-date-... Float is an imprecise transformation from text to a binary fixed size representation. I don't see how floats would be considered a native type while datetime types not. Having it non-native while the option exists seems to be like a voluntary torture. But it makes sense considering community bubbles surrounding programming languages and not bridging the gaps between them. What can be a 100 lines of Java can be expressed in 20 of Python can be expressed in 5 lines of a data language.