Applies to: CELONIS 4.0 CELONIS 4.2 CELONIS 4.3 CELONIS 4.4 CELONIS 4.5 CELONIS 4.6
Description
TO_TIMESTAMP converts a string into a DATE. The format of the input string can be defined.
The following fields are supported to define the input format:
- YYYY: 4 digit year
- MM: 2 digit month of year
- DD: 2 digit day of month
- HH: 2 digit hour of day in 24 hour format
- mm: 2 digit minutes per hour
- SS: 2 digit seconds per minute
All other characters are interpreted as separators. TO_TIMESTAMP doesn't check if the separators actually match. TO_TIMESTAMP just skips the separators characters.
The number of digits per field has to exactly match. For example the 2 digit month field MM has to have exactly two digits and can not have only one. In case of an mismatch the operator returns NULL and throws a warning.
Syntax
TO_TIMESTAMP ( table.column, format )
Examples
[1] Example in which a string containing a date is transformed to an actual
DATE type.
Query
Column1
TO_TIMESTAMP("Table1"."Column1", 'DD.MM.YYYY' )
[2] Example in which a string containing a timestamp is transformed to an actual
DATE type.
Query
Column1
TO_TIMESTAMP("Table1"."Column1", 'DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:SS' )
[3] This example shows that TO_TIMESTAMP doesn't check the separators.
Therefore varying separators can be in the input data.
Query
Column1
TO_TIMESTAMP("Table1"."Column1", 'DD.MM.YYYY' )