Converts a date_timestamp_value to a character string.
TO_CHAR(DateTime) is a scalar function whose return data type is VARCHAR CHARACTER SET UNICODE.
ANSI Compliance
This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.
Syntax
[TD_SYSFNLIB.] TO_CHAR ( date_timestamp_value [, format_arg ] )
Syntax Elements
- TD_SYSFNLIB.
- Name of the database where the function is located.
- date_timestamp_value
- A datetime or interval argument.
- format_arg
A character expression.
For valid format_arg values, see TO_DATE.
format_arg is used to format the numeric values. If format_arg is omitted, numeric_expr is converted to a string exactly long enough to hold its significant digits.
If this syntax element is not valid, an error is returned.
If this syntax element is NULL, NULL is returned.