Date and Time Functions

Date and time functions are used to perform operations on date and time type data.

NOW

now(fsp)

Returns the current time in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss format. If the fsp parameter is provided to specify fractional seconds precision from 0 to 6, the returned value includes the corresponding fraction of seconds.

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

current_time(fsp)

Synonym for the NOW function.

LOCAL_TIME

local_time(fsp)

Synonym for the NOW function.

LOCAL_TIMESTAMP

local_timestamp(fsp)

Synonym for the NOW function.

CUR_DATE

cur_date()

Returns the current date in the YYYY-MM-DD format.

CURRENT_DATE

current_date()

Synonym for the CUR_DATE function.

CUR_TIME

cur_time()

Returns the current time in the HH:mm:ss format.

CURRENT_TIME

current_time()

Synonym for the CUR_TIME function.

FORMAT_TIME

format_time(time, format)

Formats the time according to the specified format and returns the formatted string.

DATE_CALC

date_calc(date, duration)

Calculates the date based on the date and duration and returns the calculated date.

The duration represents a time interval and can be represented as a string using the following formats:

• Nanoseconds (ns): Suffixed with "ns".
• Microseconds (us or µs): Suffixed with "us" or "µs" (using U+00B5 micro symbol).
• Milliseconds (ms): Suffixed with "ms".
• Seconds (s): Suffixed with "s".
• Minutes (m): Suffixed with "m".
• Hours (h): Suffixed with "h".

It also supports combining these representations for more complex time intervals, for example, 1h30m represents 1 hour 30 minutes. Multiple time units can be combined without spaces.

To subtract a time interval, you can prepend a - sign before the duration.

For example, -1h30m represents subtracting 1 hour 30 minutes.

Here are some examples for the duration：

date_calc('2019-01-01', '1h')
date_calc('2019-01-01', '1h30m')
date_calc('2019-01-01', '1h30m10s')
date_calc('2019-01-01', '1h30m10s100ms')
date_calc('2019-01-01', '1h30m10s100ms200us')
date_calc('2019-01-01', '1h30m10s100ms200us300ns')

DATE_DIFF

date_diff(date1, date2)

Calculates the difference in days between date1 and date2 and returns the calculated difference.

DAY_NAME

day_name(date)

Returns the name of the day of the week for the given date, such as Monday, Tuesday, etc.

DAY_OF_MONTH

day_of_month(date)

Returns the day of the month for the given date.

DAY

day(date)

Synonym for DAY_OF_MONTH.

DAY_OF_WEEK

day_of_week(date)

Returns the day of the week for the given date, where Sunday is 1, Monday is 2, and so on.

DAY_OF_YEAR

day_of_year(date)

Returns the day of the year for the given date.

FROM_DAYS

from_days(days)

Converts the days value to a date and returns the converted date.

FROM_UNIX_TIME

from_unix_time(unix_timestamp)

Converts the unix_timestamp value to a date and returns the converted date.

HOUR

hour(date)

Returns the hour part of the given date.

LAST_DAY

last_day(date)

Returns the last day of the month for the given date.

MICROSECOND

microsecond(date)

Returns the microsecond part of the given date.

MINUTE

minute(date)

Returns the minute part of the given date.

MONTH

month(date)

Returns the month part of the given date.

MONTH_NAME

month_name(date)

Returns the name of the month for the given date, such as January, February, etc.

SECOND

second(date)

Returns the second part of the given date.