17.10 - Timestamp Literals - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Teradata Vantage™ - Data Types and Literals
Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Release Date
July 2021
Content Type
Programming Reference
Publication ID
B035-1143-171K
Language
English (United States)

Declares a timestamp value in an expression.

Syntax

TIMESTAMP 'string'

Syntax Elements

string
Character string in apostrophes in one of these formats:
Format Description
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss Timestamp with no time zone or fractional seconds digits:
  • YYYY represents year. The valid range is 0001 through 9999, inclusive. You must specify all four digits.
  • MM represents month. The valid range is 01 through 12, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • DD represents day. The valid range is 01 through 31, inclusive, constrained by Gregorian calendar definitions. You must specify both digits, and follow them by a single pad character.
  • hh represents the hour of the day. The valid range is 00–23, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • mi represents minute of the hour. The valid range is 00–59, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • ss represents seconds. The valid range is 00–61. You must specify both digits.
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:sssignhh:mi A timestamp with a specified time zone offset, but no fractional seconds digits:
  • YYYY represents year. The valid range is 0001 through 9999, inclusive. You must specify all four digits.
  • MM represents month. The valid range is 01 through 12, inclusive. You must specify both digits
  • DD represents day. The valid range is 01 through 31, inclusive, constrained by Gregorian calendar definitions. You must specify both digits, and follow them by a single pad character.
  • hh represents the hour of the day. The valid range is 00–23, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • mi represents minute of the hour. The valid range is 00–59, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • ss represents seconds. The valid range is 00–61. You must specify both digits.
  • signhh:mi represents the hours and minutes in the Time Zone offset. The valid range is -12:59 through +13:00, inclusive.

sign is + or -
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss.ssssss A timestamp with up to six fractional seconds digits, but no Time Zone:
  • YYYY represents year. The valid range is 0001 through 9999, inclusive. You must specify all four digits.
  • MM represents month. The valid range is 01 through 12, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • DD represents day. The valid range is 01 through 31, inclusive, constrained by Gregorian calendar definitions. You must specify both digits, and follow them by a single pad character.
  • hh represents the hour of the day. The valid range is 00–23, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • mi represents minute of the hour. The valid range is 00–59, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • ss.ssssss represents seconds. The valid range for the first two digits is 00–61. You must specify both digits. You can specify from one to six fractional digits.
YYYY-MM-DD A timestamp with up to six fractional seconds and a time zone offset:
  • YYYY represents year. The valid range is 0001 through 9999, inclusive. You must specify all four digits.
  • MM represents month. The valid range is 01 through 12, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • DD represents day. The valid range is 01 through 31, inclusive, constrained by Gregorian calendar definitions. You must specify both digits, and follow them by a single pad character.
  • hh represents the hour of the day. The valid range is 00–23, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • mi represents minute of the hour. The valid range is 00–59, inclusive. You must specify both digits.
  • ss.ssssss represents seconds. The valid range for the first two digits is 00–61. You must specify both digits. You can specify from one to six fractional digits.
  • signhh:mi represents the hours and minutes in the Time Zone offset. The valid range is -12:59 through +13:00, inclusive.

sign is + or -
The colons are required between the hour, minute, and second elements, and the decimal point is required if fractional seconds are specified. A decimal point is not allowed if there are no fractional digits. Spaces and new line characters are not allowed in a literal except after the keyword TIMESTAMP.
IF the format of the Timestamp literal is … THEN the data type is …
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss TIMESTAMP(0).
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:sssignhh:mi TIMESTAMP(0) WITH TIME ZONE.
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss.ssssss TIMESTAMP(n), where n is the number of fractional seconds digits.
YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss.sssssssignhh:mi TIMESTAMP(n) WITH TIME ZONE, where n is the number of fractional seconds digits.

Example 1: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss Format

The following example selects all classes from the Classes table that are timestamped November 23 2006 at 3:30:23 PM.

SELECT *
FROM Classes
WHERE Time_stamp = TIMESTAMP '2006-11-23 15:30:23';

Example 2: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:sssignhh:mi Format

SELECT *
FROM Classes
WHERE Time_stamp = TIMESTAMP '2002-01-01 10:37:12-08:00'

Example 3: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss.ssssss Format

SELECT *
FROM Classes
WHERE Time_stamp = TIMESTAMP '1995-07-31 10:36:02.123456'

Example 4: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mi:ss.sssssssignhh:mi Format

SELECT *
FROM Classes
WHERE Time_stamp = TIMESTAMP '1492-10-27 21:17:35.456123+07:30'

Related Information

FOR information on … SEE …
TIMESTAMP data types TIMESTAMP Data Type.
TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE data types TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE Data Type.