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| eskil |
 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:18 am Post subject: Problems parsing dateTime string with format including AM/PM |
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Hi.
I'm using the XMLNSC domain and wants to parse a dateTime string into a TIMESTAMP. This so I later on can cast it to other formats.
But, I'm having problem with the AM/PM string in the dateTime string.
Here's an example of the string: '1/19/2008 8:32:45 AM'
This is how my code looks like:
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DECLARE TransferDateString CHARACTER;
DECLARE TransferDate TIMESTAMP;
DECLARE DateString CHARACTER;
DECLARE TimeString CHARACTER;
SET TransferDateString = '1/19/2008 8:32:45 AM';
SET TransferDate = CAST(TransferDateString AS TIMESTAMP FORMAT 'M/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss a');
SET DateString = CAST(CAST(TransferDate AS DATE FORMAT 'yyyyMMdd') AS CHARACTER);
SET TimeString = CAST(CAST(TransferDate AS TIME FORMAT 'HH:mm:ss') AS CHARACTER);
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When running the code I get an exception: "No am / pm here" |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:40 am Post subject: |
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Why do you need a format when you cast a timestamp to a date?
Why do you need a format when you cast a timestamp to a time?
Check how your parentheses are set...
Have fun 
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| eskil |
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Yes you are correct, you don't need to cast it twice. *changing the code*
Still the problem is in the first cast. |
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| fjb_saper |
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:02 am Post subject: |
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| eskil wrote: |
Yes you are correct, you don't need to cast it twice. *changing the code*
Still the problem is in the first cast. |
Verify your format string using the manual.
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| eskil |
| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| Done it trice already.. Everything works if I remove 'a' from the format string and AM/PM from the dateTime string. |
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