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




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