Teradata functions#
These functions provide compatibility with Teradata SQL.
String functions#
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char2hexint(string) → varchar# Returns the hexadecimal representation of the UTF-16BE encoding of the string.
Date functions#
The functions in this section use a format string that is compatible with the Teradata datetime functions. The following table, based on the Teradata reference manual, describes the supported format specifiers:
Specifier |
Description |
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Punctuation characters are ignored |
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Day of month (1-31) |
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Hour of day (1-12) |
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Hour of the day (0-23) |
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Minute (0-59) |
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Month (01-12) |
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Second (0-59) |
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4-digit year |
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2-digit year |
Warning
Case insensitivity is not currently supported. All specifiers must be lowercase.
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to_char(timestamp, format) → varchar# Formats
timestampas a string usingformat.
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to_timestamp(string, format) → timestamp# Parses
stringinto aTIMESTAMPusingformat.