CAST DATE-to-DATE Conversion | Teradata Vantage - DATE-to-DATE Conversion with CAST - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-06
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Product Category
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ANSI Compliance

This statement is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.

CAST permits the use of data attributes, such as the FORMAT phrase that enables alternative output formatting of date data. This is a Teradata extension to CAST.

A DATE-to-DATE conversion involving a DATE type with a dateform of INTEGERDATE is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard. This is a Teradata extension to CAST

Syntax

CAST ( date_expression AS
  { DATE [ data_attribute [...] ] |
    [ data_attribute [...] ]
  }
)

Syntax Elements

date_expression

A date expression to be converted.

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