TIME-to-Period Conversion | Data Types and Literals | Teradata Vantage - 17.10 - TIME-to-Period Conversion - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

Converts TIME data as PERIOD(TIME[(n)] [WITH TIME ZONE]) or PERIOD(TIMESTAMP[(n)][WITH TIME ZONE]).

ANSI Compliance

This statement is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.

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

Syntax

CAST (
  time_expression AS period_data_type
  [ data_attribute [...] ]
)

Syntax Elements

time_expression

The TIME expression to be converted.

period_data_type

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

data_attribute

One of the following data attributes:

• FORMAT
• NAMED
• TITLE