TO_CHAR
Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition
The TO_CHAR() function converts a value to a string value using a vendor-specific format mask.
SELECT to_char(date '2000-01-01, 'YYYY/MM/DD');
create.select(toChar(Date.valueOf("2000-01-01"), "YYYY/MM/DD")).fetch();
The result being
+------------+ | to_char | +------------+ | 2000/01/01 | +------------+
Dialect support
This example using jOOQ:
toChar(Date.valueOf("2000-01-01"), "YYYY/MM/DD")
Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:
-- AURORA_POSTGRES, DB2, H2, ORACLE, POSTGRES, REDSHIFT to_char(DATE '2000-01-01', 'YYYY/MM/DD') -- ACCESS, ASE, AURORA_MYSQL, BIGQUERY, COCKROACHDB, DERBY, DUCKDB, EXASOL, FIREBIRD, HANA, HSQLDB, INFORMIX, MARIADB, -- MEMSQL, MYSQL, SNOWFLAKE, SQLDATAWAREHOUSE, SQLITE, SQLSERVER, SYBASE, TERADATA, TRINO, VERTICA, YUGABYTEDB /* UNSUPPORTED */
(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.19, see #10141), or translate your own on our website
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