DATE - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL External Routine Programming

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-03-30
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

C Data Type Definition

typedef long int DATE;

Usage

The date is represented using the following formula:

((year-1900) x 10000 + (month x 100) + day)

Here is an example using DATE in a UDF definition and C function declaration.

SQL Function Definition Equivalent C Function Declaration
CREATE FUNCTION F1 (
  A DATE )
RETURNS DATE
 ...;
void f1( DATE *a,
         DATE *result,
   ... )
{  ... }