Teradata functions

These functions provide compatibility with Teradata SQL.

String functions

char2()

char2hexint(string) → varchar

Returns the hexadecimal representation of the UTF-16BE encoding of the string.

index()

index(string, substring) → bigint

Alias for strpos function.

Date functions

The functions in this section use a format string that is compatible with the Teradata datetime functions. The following table, based on the Teradata reference manual, describes the supported format specifiers:

Specifier	Description
- / , . ; :	Punctuation characters are ignored
dd	Day of month (1-31)
hh	Hour of day (1-12)
hh24	Hour of the day (0-23)
mi	Minute (0-59)
mm	Month (01-12)
ss	Second (0-59)
yyyy	4-digit year
yy	2-digit year

to_char()

to_char(timestamp, format) → varchar

Formats timestamp as a string using format.

to_timestamp()

to_timestamp(string, format) → timestamp

Parses string into a TIMESTAMP using format.

to_date()

to_date(string, format) → date

Parses string into a DATE using format.