CAST TIMESTAMP-to-Character Conversion | VantageCloud Lake - TIMESTAMP-to-Character Conversion with CAST - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
Product
Teradata VantageCloud Lake
Release Number
Published
February 2025
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ANSI Compliance

This statement is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.

As an extension to ANSI, CAST permits the use of character data attribute phrases.

Syntax

CAST (
  timestamp_expression AS character_data_type
  [ CHARACTER SET server_character_set ]
  [ data_attribute [...] ]
)

Syntax Elements

timestamp_expression

The TIME expression to be converted.

character_data_type

The data type to which the expression is to be converted.

server_character_set

The server character set to use for the conversion. If the CHARACTER SET clause is omitted, the user default server character set is used.

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