TO_CHAR(DateTime) Syntax - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® VantageCloud Lake

Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Published
January 2023
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Syntax

[TD_SYSFNLIB.] TO_CHAR (
  date_timestamp_value [, format_arg ]
)

Syntax Elements

TD_SYSFNLIB.
Name of the database where the function is located.
date_timestamp_value
A datetime or interval argument.
format_arg

A character expression.

For valid format_arg values, see TO_DATE.

format_arg is used to format the numeric values. If format_arg is omitted, numeric_expr is converted to a string exactly long enough to hold its significant digits.

If this syntax element is not valid, an error is returned.

If this syntax element is NULL, NULL is returned.