Teradata Timestamp tips & tricks

TIP 1: Create Timestamp from Date and Time

SELECT CAST(CAST(CURRENT_DATE AS FORMAT 'YYYY-MM-DD') || ' ' ||
CAST(CAST(CURRENT_TIME AS FORMAT 'HH:MI:SS') AS CHAR(8)) AS
TIMESTAMP(0));
SELECT CAST(CURRENT_DATE AS TIMESTAMP(0)) + ((CURRENT_TIME - TIME
'00:00:00') HOUR TO SECOND(0));
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TIP 2: Convert timestamp field in Teradata into format 'MMM-YYYY'
select CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (FORMAT 'MMM-YYYY');
Current TimeStamp(6)
------------------Mar-2010
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Inserting current_timestamp value into timestamp(0) column
Create table stats(record_time TIMESTAMP(0));
Whenever we try to populate the current_timestamp value into this column using
insert into stats(record_time) select current_timestamp ; we get following error.
7454: Date Time field overflow.
To avoid this, we have two solutions
Solutions:
1. Data type for CURRENT_TIMESTAMP is TIMESTAMP(6) and you are trying to insert a
TIMESTAMP(6) data to a TIMESTAMP(0) and that's why you are getting this error.
insert into stats(record_time)
Sel cast(CURRENT_DATE as TimeStamp(0))
+
((CURRENT_TIME - time '00:00:00') hour to second(0)) ;
2. insert into stats(record_time) select CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(0);
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Add minutes to timestamp

How to add 10 minutes to current timestamp in TD?
SEL CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL '10' MINUTE.
The following example is taken straight from Teradata Functions and Operators reference
manual.
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Example 1: Subtract two TIMESTAMP Types

Consider the following table:
CREATE TABLE BillDateTime
(start_time TIMESTAMP(0),end_time TIMESTAMP(0));
Determine the difference, specifying an Interval unit of DAY TO SECOND for the result:
SELECT (end_time - start_time) DAY(4) TO SECOND FROM BillDateTime;
The DAY(4) specifies four digits of precision, and allows for a maximum of 9999 days, or
Approximately 27 years.
The result is an Interval that looks like this:
5 16:49:20.340000
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Convert varchar to timestamp

have a column in source strdate1 as VARCHAR(23) and the value being '20100310181010'.
SELECT CAST ('20100310181010' AS TIMESTAMP(0) FORMAT 'YYYYMMDDHHMISS');
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: Display Timestamp with AM /PM format

SELECT CAST(TIMESTAMP'2010-03-12 14:32:45' AS FORMAT 'yyyymmddbhh:mi:ssbt')
(char(20));
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Display timestamp in 22 Mar 2010 00:26:54.840 format

select cast(current_TIMESTAMP(3) as timestamp(3) FORMAT 'ddbmmmbyyyybhh:mi:ss.s(3)')
(char(25));
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Subtract two TIMESTAMP Types

Consider the following table:
CREATE TABLE BillDateTime (start_time TIMESTAMP(0),end_time TIMESTAMP(0) );
Determine the difference, specifying an Interval unit of DAY TO SECOND for the result:
SELECT (end_time - start_time) DAY(4) TO SECOND FROM BillDateTime;
The DAY(4) specifies four digits of precision, and allows for a maximum of 9999 days, or
Approximately 27 years.
The result is an Interval that looks like this:
5 16:49:20.340000

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: Extract function on DATE & TIME

Extracting From Current Date(March 20,2010)
Query Result
SELECT DATE; 10/03/20 (Default format)
SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE); 2010
SELECT EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE); 03
SELECT EXTRACT(DAY FROM DATE); 20
SELECT EXTRACT(YEAR FROM DATE + 365); 2011
SELECT EXTRACT(MONTH FROM DATE + 30); 04
SELECT EXTRACT(DAY FROM DATE + 12); 01
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Extracting From Current Time ( 2:42 PM )
Query Result
SELECT TIME; 14:42:32 (Default format)
SELECT EXTRACT(HOUR FROM TIME); 14
SELECT EXTRACT(MINUTE FROM TIME); 42

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