String to Date

TO_DATE converts a date represented in a character string to a DATE data type.

The second argument is a format string that indicates how the character string should be parsed to create the date value.

Syntax: TO_DATE(string, format)

The following can be modified for any datetime separators (such as ‘-‘, ‘/’, or ‘:’):

Date as input Function Call
2017/02/08 TO_DATE(date, 'YYYY/MM/DD')
08/02/2017 TO_DATE(date, 'DD/MM/YYYY')
08-02-2017 TO_DATE(date, ‘DD-MM-YYYY’’)
02082017 TO_DATE(date', 'MMDDYY')
08 Feb 2017 TO_DATE(date, 'DD MM YYYY')
18:45:09 TO_DATE(date, 'HH24:MI:SS')

 

String to Number

Number as input Function call
5 CAST(number AS integer)

or alternatively number::integer

or alternatively

convert(integer, number)
2.3 CAST(number AS decimal(1,1))

It is important to specify correctly the precision you want. For example, for input 2.33 you should choose CAST(number AS decimal(1,2)).
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