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Re: How does one cast a time field into a 2 byte character field?

Hi Darryl,

How about

    substr(char(current_timestamp),12,5)

And just because you mentioned DIGITS,

    right(digits(minute(current_timestamp)),2)

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On 6/14/2023 10:38 AM, a4g atl wrote:
I am trying to cast a time field into a 2 byte character field.

HOUR(Current TIMESTAMP) || ':' || CAST(Minute(Current Timestamp) as Char(2).

The result drops the leading zero example if the time is 5 minutes past 7,
the result shows as 7:2 instead of 7:02.

I am using this in a script.

DIGITS does not work here.

How can I do this?

TIA, Darryl Freinkel.

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