DateParse
The DateParse function parses a text string representing a date in the specified format and returns the equivalent ISO datetime value (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS).
💡If the input is a text or number value that reflects ISO (YYYY-MM-DDorYYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) or Unix time format, you can use the Date function, which doesn't require you to specify the input format.
Syntax
Function arguments
text
(required) The text string or column of text strings to parse.
format
(required) The datetime format of the text string.
Compatible format specifiers
The DateParse function uses the datetime formatting functionality of the connected CDW or DBMS. The following format specifiers are supported by most connections and can be used to build the datetime format string.
Format
Description
Example output (for 2018-07-08 00:34:59)
%Y
Four-digit year
2018
%y
Two-digit year
18
%m
Two-digit month
07
%B
Full month name
July
%b
Abbreviated month name
Jul
%A
Full day of week
Sunday
%a
Abbreviated day of week
Sun
%d
Two-digit day of month (01-31)
08
%H
Two-digit hour based on 24-hour clock (00–23)
00
%I
Two-digit hour based on 12-hour clock (01–12)
12
%M
Two-digit minutes (00–59)
34
%S
Two-digit seconds (00–59)
59
%p
AM or PM
AM
%L
Three-digit milliseconds (000–999)
000
%f
Six-digit microseconds (000000–999999)
000000
%Z
Time zone offset
-07:00
%%
Percent symbol
%
📘Because two-digit years converted with the%yconversion are ambiguous, dates with a%yof 00–69 convert to 2000–2069 and dates with a%yof 70–99 convert to 1970–1999.
Examples
Example 1
Parses the text string "03-Sep-2020:03:05:13" and returns the equivalent ISO datetime value 2020-09-03 03:05:13.
Example 2
Parses text strings in the Text Date column using the specified format (%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S) and returns equivalent values in ISO datetime format.
Example 3
Parses text strings in the Text Date column using the specified format (%d/%b/%Y)and returns the equivalent values in ISO date time format.
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