Converts string_expr to a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE data type.
TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ is an overloaded scalar function whose return value data type is TIMESTAMP(6) WITH TIME ZONE.
ANSI Compliance
This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.
Syntax
[TD_SYSFNLIB.] TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ ( string_expr [, format_arg ] )
Syntax Elements
- TD_SYSFNLIB.
- Name of the database where the function is located.
- string_expr
A character argument.
If the conversion fails, TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ returns an error.
- format_arg
A character expression.
format_arg is a data format specifying the format of string_expr.
format_arg does not convert data to any of the other datetime data types.
Any fractional seconds that are specified beyond 6 digits are truncated.
If format_arg is omitted, a default timestamp with time zone format of YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF6 TZH:TZM is used.
For valid format_arg values, see TO_DATE.
If this syntax element is NULL, NULL is returned.
If this syntax element is not valid, an error is returned.