
Example 12: Convert date string with formatted timestamp with complete name of the weekday.Example 11: Convert date string in DD-MM-YY HH:MI:SS(12 Hour with AM/PM) format to timestamp datatype.Syntax STRTODATE ( string, format) Parameter Values Technical Details Works in: From MySQL 4. Example 10: Convert date string in DD-MON-YY HH:MI:SS(24 Hour) format to timestamp datatype Return a date based on a string and a format: SELECT STRTODATE ('August 10 2017', 'M d Y') Try it Yourself Definition and Usage The STRTODATE () function returns a date based on a string and a format.Example 9: Convert date string in DD-MON-YY HH:MI:SS(12 Hour) format to timestamp datatype You might think that converting these values from string to date might solve the problem, but its actually not quite so simple.

SYNTAX: SELECT TO_DATE('27','DDD-Mon-YYYY')

Example 3: Convert date string in DD-MON-YY format to date datatype.Example 2: Convert date string in DD-MM-YYYY format to date datatype.Example 1: Convert date string which is not in irregular format.
#CONVERT STRING TO DATE SQL FULL#
Various character and character strings (Metacharacters) are available in Teradata which can be used along with TO_DATE / TO_TIMESTAMP functions to convert strings into date/timestamp datatypes.īelow tables show most of the metacharacters that can used with TO_DATE / TO_TIMESTAMP function.Ĭonvert year in four digits(example: 1987)Ĭonvert month of the year in number format(example: 12)Ĭonvert month in 3 characters format(example: Jun)Ĭonvert full month name(example: June) formatĬonvert day of the month in two digits(example: 30)Ĭonvert hour of the time in two digits(example: 17)Ĭonvert minutes of the time in two digits(example: 59)Ĭonvert seconds of the time in two digits(example: 58)Ĭonvert day of the week in 3 characters(example: Wed)Ĭonvert full name of week day(example: Wednesday)Ĭonvert string timestamp with AM/PM formatĪll the below examples can be used convert strings into DATE/Timestamp datatypes Teradata support ANSI Format to convert date/timestamp strings into date / timestamp datatypes.
