Thanks Birgitta & Chuck for all the assistance.
I should have mentioned this particular iseries in on v5r4, which doesn't support the Timestamp_Format I don't think.
But great idea!
Any ideas what to do on v5r4?
Is the simplest method to use the CASE statement to build two conditions? (One for single digit month and another for 2 digit month)?
Thanks
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Birgitta Hauser
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Subject: AW: SQL convert text mm/dd/yy to date and timestamp
Only date formats with a 4 digit year and the "right" separator can be
translated into a date or timestamp, but you may convert your character date
into a timestamp by using the TIMESTAMP_FORMAT scalar function.
Timestamp_Format(YourCharDate, 'MM/DD/YY')
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Betreff: SQL convert text mm/dd/yy to date and timestamp
I have some dates stored as text mm/dd/yy and others stored as m/dd/yy.
I thought that SQL was smart enough to convert all of the following month
descriptors to a timestamp:
'01'
'1'
'12'
But I run the following SQL and see the errors below where the dates (char
format) fail to convert to timestamps because the month is 2 digits and SQL
cant seem to handle.
Job defn: Date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : *MDY
(Does the date format in the job defn affect SQL?)
Any ideas?
I would like to have both 01/02/03 and also 1/2/03 both convert to Jan 2
2003 but SQL doesn't seem to support this as shown below.
Thanks!
select substr(docid,1,30) , substr(keyword3,1,10), chkdate,
timestamp(date(substr(keyword3,1,10)),time('00:00 AM'))
from rjsimage/docs00
where doctype2 = 'COUNTRYOPSFMS'
SUBSTR SUBSTR TIMESTAMP
AS400DOC-000000016711268 1/01/01 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
< 1 digit month before slash fails to convert to timestamp - Why?
AS400DOC-000000016711331 1/01/01 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AS400DOC-000000016711344 1/01/01 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AS400DOC-000000016711349 1/01/01 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AS400DOC-000000016711369 1/01/01 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AS400DOC-000000016711526 12/18/13 2013-12-18-00.00.00.000000
< 2 digit month successfully converts to timestamp
AS400DOC-000000016711512 1/02/14 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AS400DOC-000000016711517 1/06/14 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
AS400DOC-000000016711505 1/07/14 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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