diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
index 8f37aae299..aa7d698eca 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
@@ -461,18 +461,27 @@ public interface DataType<T> extends Serializable {
     boolean isDateTime();
 
     /**
-     * Whether this data type is any date or time type.
+     * Whether this data type is any date type.
      * <p>
      * This applies to any of these types.
      * <ul>
-     * <li> {@link SQLDataType#DATE}</li>
-     * <li> {@link SQLDataType#LOCALDATE}</li>
+     * <li>{@link SQLDataType#DATE}</li>
+     * <li>{@link SQLDataType#LOCALDATE}</li>
      * </ul>
-     * <p>
-     * This is a combination of {@link #isDateTime()} or {@link #isInterval()}
      */
     boolean isDate();
 
+    /**
+     * Whether this data type is any time type.
+     * <p>
+     * This applies to any of these types.
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>{@link SQLDataType#TIME}</li>
+     * <li>{@link SQLDataType#LOCALTIME}</li>
+     * </ul>
+     */
+    boolean isTime();
+
     /**
      * Whether this data type is any date or time type.
      * <p>
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
index 51fd140fd7..b51bbd1951 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDataType.java
@@ -919,6 +919,15 @@ public class DefaultDataType<T> implements DataType<T> {
         ;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isTime() {
+        return java.sql.Time.class.isAssignableFrom(tType)
+
+            || java.time.LocalTime.class.isAssignableFrom(tType)
+
+        ;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final boolean isTemporal() {
         return isDateTime() || isInterval();