TODATE

You can use TODATE in 2 ways:

  • Create a compatibility mode date from Text fields.
  • Change the display format and granularity of a compatibility mode date.

Sample usage

TODATE(Text_Date,"%Y/%m/%d","%Y-%m-%d")

TODATE(Text_Date,"%Y/%m/%d","%Y-%m-%d")

TODATE(Response_Time, 'MILLIS', '%Y%m%d')

TODATE(Created_Time, 'DECIMAL_DATE', '%Y')

Syntax

TODATE(field_expression, input_date_format, output_date_format)

Input formats

input_date_format is optional if field_expression is correctly configured as a semantic date.

TODATE accepts the following input format strings.

  • 'BASIC': %Y/%m/%d-%H:%M:%S

  • 'DEFAULT_DASH': %Y-%m-%d [%H:%M:%S]

  • 'DEFAULT_SLASH': %Y/%m/%d [%H:%M:%S]

  • 'DEFAULT_DECIMAL': %Y%m%d [%H:%M:%S]

  • 'RFC_1123': for example, Sat, 24 May 2008 20:09:47 GMT

  • 'RFC_3339': for example, 2008-05-24T20:09:47Z

  • 'SECONDS': seconds since Epoch

  • 'MILLIS': milliseconds since Epoch

  • 'MICROS': microseconds since Epoch

  • 'NANOS': nanoseconds since Epoch

  • 'JULIAN_DATE': days since Epoch

  • 'DECIMAL_DATE': same as 'DEFAULT_DECIMAL'

  • Any valid strptime format. Optional if the value is already a datetime field.

Output formats

TODATE accepts the following output format strings:

  • "%Y" - year
  • "%m" - month
  • "%d" - day
  • "%W" - yearweek number
  • "%w" - day of week
  • "%H" - hour
  • "%M" - minute

Examples

Example formula Input Output
TODATE(Text_Date,"%Y/%m/%d","%Y-%m-%d") 2024/05/09 2024-05-09
TODATE(Response_Time, 'MILLIS', '%Y%m%d') 1715294861000 20240509
TODATE(Created_time, 'DECIMAL_DATE', '%Y') 20240509[11:34:12] 2024

Notes

TODATE returns compatibility mode Date data types.