In the following example, two concatenated character literals are cast as PERIOD(TIMESTAMP(2)). The output is adjusted according to the current session time zone during display. Assume the current session time zone displacement is INTERVAL -'08:00' HOUR TO MINUTE and the format derived from SDF is 'YYYY-MM-DDBHH:MI:SS.S(2)Z'.
SELECT CAST('(''2005-02-02 12:12:12.34+08:00'', ' ||
'''2006-02-03 12:12:12.34+08:00'')'
AS PERIOD(TIMESTAMP(2)));
The following PERIOD(TIMESTAMP(2)) value is returned:
('2005-02-01 20:12:12.34', '2006-02-02 20:12:12.34')