Teradata Character-to-TIMESTAMP Conversion Syntax | Teradata Vantage - Teradata Character-to-TIMESTAMP Conversion Syntax - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Syntax

character_expression (
  [ data_attribute [,...] ] TIMESTAMP
  [ ( fractional_seconds_precision ) ]
  [, { data_attribute | WITH TIME ZONE } [,...] ]
)

Syntax Elements

character_expression

A character expression to be converted.

fractional_seconds_precision

A single digit representing the number of significant digits in the fractional portion of the SECOND field. The valid range is 0 through 6. The default is 6.

data_attribute
One of the following data attributes:
  • FORMAT
  • NAMED
  • TITLE