Casts a DATE value to a PERIOD(DATE) or PERIOD(TIMESTAMP[(n)] [WITH TIME ZONE]) value.
ANSI Compliance
This statement is ANSI SQL:2011 compliant.
As an extension to ANSI, CAST permits the use of data attribute phrases.
Syntax
CAST ( date_expression AS period_data_type [ data_attribute [...] ] )
Syntax Elements
- date_expression
A date 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