to_tera_date

Parses a date or time string according to the specified format and converts the string to a DATE value.

Syntax

DATE to_tera_date(VARCHAR str, VARCHAR format)

Parameters

• str: the time expression to convert. It must be of the VARCHAR type.

• format: the date format specifier for str. It is used to parse and convert the input string. format must match string. Otherwise, NULL is returned. If format is invalid, an error is returned.

  The following table describes the format elements.

  Element	Description
  [ \r \n \t - / , . ;]	Punctuation characters that are ignored in conversion
  dd	Day of month (1 - 31)
  hh	Hour of day (1 - 12)
  hh24	Hour of day (0 - 23)
  mi	Minute (0 - 59)
  mm	Month (01 - 12)
  ss	Second (0 - 59)
  yyyy	4-digit year.
  yy	2-digit year.
  am	Meridian indicator.
  pm	Meridian indicator.

Examples

select to_tera_date("1988/04/08","yyyy/mm/dd");
+------------------------------------------+
| to_tera_date('1988/04/08', 'yyyy/mm/dd') |
+------------------------------------------+
| 1988-04-08                               |
+------------------------------------------+

select to_tera_date("04-08-1988","mm-dd-yyyy");
+------------------------------------------+
| to_tera_date('04-08-1988', 'mm-dd-yyyy') |
+------------------------------------------+
| 1988-04-08                               |
+------------------------------------------+

select to_tera_date(";198804:08",";yyyymm:dd");
+------------------------------------------+
| to_tera_date(';198804:08', ';yyyymm:dd') |
+------------------------------------------+
| 1988-04-08                               |
+------------------------------------------+

select to_tera_date("2020-02-02 00:00:00", "yyyy-mm-dd");
+---------------------------------------------------+
| to_tera_date('2020-02-02 00:00:00', 'yyyy-mm-dd') |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 2020-02-02                                        |
+---------------------------------------------------+

-- The input is year and does not contain the month or date part. The first day in that year is returned.
select to_tera_date("1988","yyyy");
+------------------------------+
| to_tera_date('1988', 'yyyy') |
+------------------------------+
| 1988-01-01                   |
+------------------------------+

Keywords

TO_TERA_DATE