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SQL Data Types and Literals

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VantageCloud
VantageCore
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VMware
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IntelliFlex
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-06
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Identifies a field as an INTERVAL value defining a period of time in hours, minutes, and seconds.

ANSI Compliance

INTERVAL HOUR TO SECOND is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.

Syntax

INTERVAL HOUR [ ( precision ) ] TO SECOND
  [ ( fractional_seconds_precision ) ] [ attributes [...] ]

Syntax Elements

precision
The permitted range of digits for HOUR, ranging from one to four.
The default is two.
fractional_seconds_precision
The fractional precision for the values of SECOND, ranging from zero to six.
The default is six.
attributes
Appropriate data type, column storage, or column constraint attributes.
For specific information, see Core Data Type Attributes and Storage and Constraint Attributes.