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

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Thank you

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 1:59 PM Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Shorter version:

substr(char(current_time),1,5)
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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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