TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP

A variant of TO_TIMESTAMP in Databend that, while performing the same conversion of an input expression to a timestamp, incorporates error-handling support by returning NULL if the conversion fails instead of raising an error.

See also: TO_TIMESTAMP

Syntax

-- Convert a string or integer to a timestamp
TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP(<expr>)

-- Convert a string to a timestamp using the given pattern
TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP(<expr, expr>)

Aliases

• TRY_TO_DATETIME

Examples

SELECT TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP('2022-01-02 02:00:11'), TRY_TO_DATETIME('2022-01-02 02:00:11');

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ try_to_timestamp('2022-01-02 02:00:11') │ try_to_datetime('2022-01-02 02:00:11') │
│                Timestamp                │                Timestamp               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 2022-01-02 02:00:11                     │ 2022-01-02 02:00:11                    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

SELECT TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP('databend'), TRY_TO_DATETIME('databend');

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ try_to_timestamp('databend') │ try_to_datetime('databend') │
├──────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ NULL                         │ NULL                        │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘