CAST DATE-to-Character Conversion | Teradata Vantage - DATE-to-Character Conversion with CAST - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-27
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Product Category
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ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Syntax

CAST (
  date_expression AS character_data_type
  [ CHARACTER SET server_character_set ]
  [ data_attribute [...] ]
)

Syntax Elements

date_expression

A date expression to be converted.

character_data_type

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

server_character_set

The server character set to use for the conversion. If the CHARACTER SET clause is omitted, the user default server character set is used.

data_attribute
One of the following data attributes:
  • FORMAT
  • NAMED
  • TITLE