Example: Changing Default CURRENT_DATE Output Format - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

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February 2025
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To change the default output format of the CURRENT_DATE result, use Teradata explicit conversion syntax and specify the FORMAT phrase. For example, the following statement requests the current date and specifies a format that is different from the default:

SELECT CURRENT_DATE (FORMAT 'MMMBDD,BYYYY');

The result is similar to:

        Date
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May 31, 2007