FORMAT Phrase and DateTime Formats | VantageCloud Lake - FORMAT Phrase and DateTime Formats - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL
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Lake
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February 2025
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The date and time formatting characters in a FORMAT phrase determine the output of DATE, TIME, and TIMESTAMP information.

Data Type Use Formatting Characters
  • DATE
  • PERIOD(DATE)
 For date information.

For Period types, the specified format is associated with both the beginning and ending bounds of the period.
  • TIME
  • TIME WITH TIME ZONE
  • PERIOD(TIME)
 For time information.

For Period types, the specified format is associated with both the beginning and ending bounds of the period.
  • TIMESTAMP
  • TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
  • PERIOD(TIMESTAMP)
 For date and time information.

Date formatting characters must be grouped separately from time formatting characters.

For Period types, the specified format is associated with both the beginning and ending bounds of the period.

Formatting characters are case-insensitive.