DateTime

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Overview
Gets the local date and time with an optional format string.

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

Example
SELECT
	DateTime() as LocalDateTime,
	DateTime('mm/dd/yyyy') as 'Formatted Date',
	DateTime('MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss:ms') as 'Formatted Date/Time'
FROM
	WordList:Word
WHERE
	Text LIKE '%-gorge'

Format Strings
Format specifier Description
d The day of the month, from 1 through 31.
dd The day of the month, from 01 through 31.
ddd The abbreviated name of the day of the week.
dddd The full name of the day of the week.
f The tenths of a second in a date and time value.
ff The hundredths of a second in a date and time value.
fff The milliseconds in a date and time value.
ffff The ten thousandths of a second in a date and time value.
fffff The hundred thousandths of a second in a date and time value.
ffffff The millionths of a second in a date and time value.
fffffff The ten millionths of a second in a date and time value.
F If non-zero, the tenths of a second in a date and time value.
FF If non-zero, the hundredths of a second in a date and time value.
FFF If non-zero, the milliseconds in a date and time value.
FFFF If non-zero, the ten thousandths of a second in a date and time value.
FFFFF If non-zero, the hundred thousandths of a second in a date and time value.
FFFFFF If non-zero, the millionths of a second in a date and time value.
FFFFFFF If non-zero, the ten millionths of a second in a date and time value.
g, gg The period or era.
h The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12.
hh The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12.
H The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 0 to 23.
HH The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 00 to 23.
K Time zone information.
m The minute, from 0 through 59.
mm The minute, from 00 through 59.
M The month, from 1 through 12.
MM The month, from 01 through 12.
MMM The abbreviated name of the month.
MMMM The full name of the month.
s The second, from 0 through 59.
ss The second, from 00 through 59.
t The first character of the AM/PM designator.
tt The AM/PM designator.
y The year, from 0 to 99.
yy The year, from 00 to 99.
yyy The year, with a minimum of three digits.
yyyy The year as a four-digit number.
yyyyy The year as a five-digit number.
z Hours offset from UTC, with no leading zeros.
zz Hours offset from UTC, with a leading zero for a single-digit value.
zzz Hours and minutes offset from UTC.
: The time separator.
/ The date separator.
string Literal string delimiter.
'string' More information: Character literals.
% Defines the following character as a custom format specifier.
\ The escape character.
Any other character The character is copied to the result string unchanged.

See also

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