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toDate

Converts a character string to a Date/Time data type. You use the toDate format strings to specify the format of the source strings.

The output port must be Date/Time for toDate expressions.

If you are converting two-digit years with toDate, use either the RR or YY format string. Do not use the YYYY format string.

Syntax

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('date'), 'format')

You must manually add the xs:dateTime phrase and enclose the date values within single quotation marks.

The following table describes the arguments:

Argument	Required/ Optional	Description
date	Required	Must be a string data type. Passes the values that you want to convert to dates. You can enter any valid transformation expression.
format	Required	Enter a valid toDate format string. The format string must match the parts of the dare argument. For example, if you pass the date 'Mar 15 1998 12:43:10AM', you must use the format string 'MON DD YYYY HH12:MI:SSAM'.

Return Value

Date.

The toDate function always returns a date and time. If you pass a string that does not have a time value, the date returned always includes the time 00:00:00.000000000. You can map the results of this function to any target column with a datetime data type.

NULL if you pass a NULL value to this function.

The format of the toDate string must match the format string including any date separators. If it does not, toDate might return inaccurate values or skip the record.

Examples

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_PROMISED'), 'MM/DD/YY')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_PROMISED	RETURN VALUE
'01/22/98'	Jan 22 1998 00:00:00
'05/03/98'	May 3 1998 00:00:00
'11/10/98'	Nov 10 1998 00:00:00
'10/19/98'	Oct 19 1998 00:00:00
NULL	NULL

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_PROMISED'), 'MON DD YYYY HH12:MI:SSAM')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_PROMISED	RETURN VALUE
'Jan 22 1998 02:14:56PM'	Jan 22 1998 02:14:56PM
'Mar 15 1998 11:11:11AM'	Mar 15 1998 11:11:11AM
'Jun 18 1998 10:10:10PM'	Jun 18 1998 10:10:10PM
'October 19 1998'	Error. Integration Service skips this row.
NULL	NULL

The following expression converts strings in the SHIP_DATE_MJD_STRING port to date values:

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('SHIP_DATE_MJD_STR'), 'J')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

SHIP_DATE_MJD_STR	RETURN_VALUE
'2451544'	Dec 31 1999 00:00:00.000000000
'2415021'	Jan 1 1900 00:00:00.000000000

Because the J format string does not include the time portion of a date, the return values have the time set to 00:00:00.000000000.

The following expression converts a string to a four-digit year format. The current year is 1998:

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_STR'), 'MM/DD/RR')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_STR	RETURN VALUE
'04/01/98'	04/01/1998 00:00:00.000000000
'08/17/05'	08/17/2005 00:00:00.000000000

The following expression converts a string to a four-digit year format. The current year is 1998:

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_STR'), 'MM/DD/YY')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_STR	RETURN VALUE
'04/01/98'	04/01/1998 00:00:00.000000000
'08/17/05'	08/17/1905 00:00:00.000000000

For the second row, RR returns the year 2005 and YY returns the year 1905.

The following expression converts a string to a four-digit year format. The current year is 1998:

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_STR'), 'MM/DD/Y')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_STR	RETURN VALUE
'04/01/8'	04/01/1998 00:00:00.000000000
'08/17/5'	08/17/1995 00:00:00.000000000

The following expression converts a string to a four-digit year format. The current year is 1998:

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_STR'), 'MM/DD/YYY')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_STR	RETURN VALUE
'04/01/998'	04/01/1998 00:00:00.000000000
'08/17/995'	08/17/1995 00:00:00.000000000

The following expression converts strings that includes the seconds since midnight to date values:

date:toDate(xs:dateTime('DATE_STR'), 'MM/DD/YYYY SSSSS')

The following table lists some sample values and return values:

DATE_STR	RETURN_VALUE
'12/31/1999 3783'	12/31/1999 01:02:03
'09/15/1996 86399'	09/15/1996 23:59:59

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