Description
Convert input datetime string to datetime data type, using the first format that matches the string.Syntax
ParseDate(datetime_string, format_string_1, ..., format_string_n)
Arguments
datetime_string - datetime value in a string expression in a custom format format_string_[1..N] - format of the custom string. See below for formatting information.Format strings
| Symbol | Meaning | Presentation | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | era | text | AD |
| C | century of era (>=0) | number | 20 |
| Y | year of era (>=0) | year | 1996 |
| x | weekyear | year | 1996 |
| w | week of weekyear | number | 27 |
| e | day of week | number | 2 |
| E | day of week | text | Tuesday; Tue |
| y | year | year | 1996 |
| D | day of year | number | 189 |
| M | month of year | month | July; Jul; 07 |
| d | day of month | number | 10 |
| a | halfday of day | text | PM |
| K | hour of halfday (0~11) | number | 0 |
| h | clockhour of halfday (1~12) | number | 12 |
| H | hour of day (0~23) | number | 0 |
| k | clockhour of day (1~24) | number | 24 |
| m | minute of hour | number | 30 |
| s | second of minute | number | 55 |
| S | fraction of second | number | 978 |
| z | time zone | text | Pacific Standard Time; PST |
| Z | time zone offset/id | zone | -0800; -08:00; America/Los_Angeles |
| \‘ | escape character | for a-z/A-Z | T |
| \’\‘ | single quote | literal single quote | ’ |
Examples
ParseDate('2015-05-02','dd/MM/yyyy','yyyy-MM-dd') returns a datetime expression 2015-05-02T00:00:00Z
ParseDate('2019-03-17T12:11:04 +06:00', 'yyyy-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ss Z')returns a datetime expression 2019-03-17T06:11:04.000Z
ParseDate('Hi!','dd/MM/yyyy','yyyy-MM-dd') returns a datetime null expression.
Return value datatype
datetimeImpact of null value
If custom_string is null, null is returned.If format strings are null, an exception is raised.
If no format matches the input string, null is returned.