Date Functions Previous  Top  Next Absolute Database supports the following Date/Time functions: Function Description CURRENT_DATE Returns the current date CURRENT_TIME Returns the current time CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Returns the current local date and local time as a timestamp value NOW Returns current date and time as a timestamp value SYSDATE Returns current date and time as a timestamp value TOSTRING Converts date and time to string TODATE Converts string to date and time EXTRACT Extracts datepart component from datetime value as INTEGER CURRENT_DATE Returns the current date. Example: CURRENT_DATE returns 01/01/2003 (for example)   CURRENT_TIME Returns the current time. Example: CURRENT_TIME returns 10:25:01 AM (for example)   CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, NOW, SYSDATE Returns the current local date and local time as a timestamp value. Example: CURRENT_TIMESTAMP returns 01/01/2003 10:25:01 AM (for example)   TOSTRING (datetime_expr, date_format ) Converts date and/or time expression in datetime_expr to string in accordance with date_format format string. The following is a list of options for the date_format parameter. These parameters can be used in many combinations. Parameter Description D Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).    DD Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31). DDD Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat). DAY Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday) using the strings given by the LongDayNames global variable. DY Day of year (1-366). DW Day of week (1-7). M Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12). MM Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12). MON Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec) using the strings given by the ShortMonthNames global variable. MONTH Displays the month as a full name (January-December) using the strings given by the LongMonthNames global variable. RM Roman numeral month (I-XII; JAN = I). YY Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99). YYYY, YEAR Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999). H, H12 Hour of day without a leading zero (1-12). H24 Hour of day without a leading zero (1-24). HH, HH12 Hour of day with a leading zero (01-12). HH24 Hour of day with a leading zero (01-24). N Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59). NN Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59). S Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59). SS Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59). AMPM Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'AM' for any hour before noon, and 'PM' for any hour after noon. Q Quarter of year (1, 2, 3, 4; JAN-MAR = 1). 'Text', "Text"    Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting. : Displays the time separator character ':'. / Displays the date separator character '/'. , Displays the character ','. . Displays the character '.'. ; Displays the character ';'. - Displays the character '-'. Example: TOSTRING(NOW,'mm/dd/yyyy') returns 01/01/2003 (for example)   TODATE (string_expr, date_format ) Converts string in string_expr to to date and/or time expression in accordance with date_format format string. The following is a list of options for the date_format parameter. These parameters can be used in many combinations. Parameter Description D Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).    DD Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31). M Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12). MM Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12). YY Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99). YYYY, YEAR Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999). H, H12 Hour of day without a leading zero (1-12). H24 Hour of day without a leading zero (1-24). HH, HH12 Hour of day with a leading zero (01-12). HH24 Hour of day with a leading zero (01-24). N Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59). NN Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59). S Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59). SS Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59). AMPM Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'AM' for any hour before noon, and 'PM' for any hour after noon. 'Text', "Text"    Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting. : Displays the time separator character ':'. / Displays the date separator character '/'. , Displays the character ','. . Displays the character '.'. ; Displays the character ';'. - Displays the character '-'. Example: TODATE('01/01/2003','mm/dd/yyyy') returns 01/01/2003   EXTRACT (date_part FROM datetime_expression) Extracts datepart component from datetime value as INTEGER. date_part could be one of the following expressions: date_part Range YEAR 1 to 9999 MONTH 1 to 12 DAY 1 to 31 HOUR 0 to 23 MINUTE 0 to 59 SECOND 0 to 59 Example: EXTRACT (YEAR FROM date_field) returns 2003 (for example if date_field value is 01/01/2003)           © 2003 - 2023 ComponentAce  | .net zip component | barcode for .net | delphi zip component | delphi database Sep 27, 2023