Example: DATE/2 Integer Result - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Date and Time Functions and Expressions

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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DATE/2 provides an integer result, but the value has no meaning.

There are no simple arithmetic operations that have meaning for time values. The reason is that a time value is simply a real number with time encoded as:

(HOUR*10000 + MINUTE*100 + SECOND) 

where SECOND may include a fractional value.