DateTime

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Returns the server's current local date and time, formatted with the optional .NET date/time format string.

String DateTime(String format = 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff')

Minutes vs. months

Format specifiers are case-sensitive: mm is minutes and MM is months.


Format specifier Description
d / dd Day of the month, 1-31 / 01-31.
ddd / dddd Abbreviated / full name of the day of the week.
f ... fffffff Tenths of a second through ten-millionths of a second.
F ... FFFFFFF As f, but nothing is shown when the digits are zero.
h / hh Hour on a 12-hour clock, 1-12 / 01-12.
H / HH Hour on a 24-hour clock, 0-23 / 00-23.
m / mm Minute, 0-59 / 00-59.
M / MM Month, 1-12 / 01-12.
MMM / MMMM Abbreviated / full name of the month.
s / ss Second, 0-59 / 00-59.
t / tt First character of / full AM/PM designator.
y / yy / yyyy Year as 0-99 / 00-99 / four digits.
z / zz / zzz Offset from UTC in hours / hours with leading zero / hours and minutes.
K Time zone information.
: and / Time and date separators.
'text' Literal text.
\ Escape character.


round-pushpin Returns the local date and time in several formats.
SELECT
    DateTime() as LocalDateTime,
    DateTime('MM/dd/yyyy') as FormattedDate,
    DateTime('MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt') as FormattedDateTime
FROM
    Single




SQL :: Floor
Returns the largest whole number that is less than or equal to the given number.
SQL :: FormatDateTime
Parses a date/time value and returns it formatted with a .NET date/time format string. See DateTime for the format specifiers.
SQL :: FormatNumeric
Formats a number using a .NET numeric format string and returns the result as text.
SQL :: Guid
Returns a new random globally unique identifier.
SQL :: IfNull
Returns the given value, or the default value when the given value is null.
SQL :: IfNullNumeric
Returns the given number, or the default number when the given value is null.
SQL :: IIF
Short for "immediate if": returns whenTrue when the condition is true and whenFalse otherwise. The condition is usually one of the boolean functions such as IsEqual or IsGreater.
SQL :: IndexOf
Returns the zero-based position of the first occurrence of textToFind in textToSearch, starting the search at offset. Returns -1 when it is not found.
SQL :: IsBetween
Returns true (1) if the value is within the given range, including the range boundaries.
SQL :: IsDouble
Returns true (1) if the given value can be converted to a decimal number.