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Formats a set of Unix timestamps according to a specified date formatting string. |
Source values can be a reference to a column containing Unix timestamp values.
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NOTE: Date values must be converted to Unix timestamps before applying this function. Unix time measures the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 (UTC). See UNIXTIME Function. |
Supported format strings for this function are the same as the supported format strings for the DATEFORMAT function.
- For more information on formatting Unix or standard date formats, see DATEFORMAT Function.
- For more information on formatting numeric types, see NUMFORMAT Function.
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unixtimeformat(MyUnixDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd') |
Output: Returns the Unix timestamp values in the MyUnixDate column, converted to year-month-day format.
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unixtimeformat(unixtime_col, date_format_string) |
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| unixtime_col | Y | datetime | Name of column whose Unix timestamp values are to be formatted |
| date_format_string | Y | string | String literal identifying the date format to apply to the value |
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unixtime_col
Name of the column whose Unix time data is to be formatted.
- Missing values for this function in the source data result in missing values in the output.
- Multiple columns and wildcards are not supported.
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| Required? | Data Type | Example Value |
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| Yes | Datetime (formatted as Unix time integer values) | myDate |
date_format_string
String value indicating the date format to apply to the input values.
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NOTE: If the platform cannot recognize the date format string, the generated result is written as a string value. |
For more information on the supported formatting strings, see below.
- Missing values for this function in the source data result in missing values in the output.
- Multiple columns and wildcards are not supported.
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| Yes | String | 'MM/dd/yyyy' |
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Example - Unix timestamp formatting variations
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| Numeric date, year first | 1454946120000 1451433600000 1430032020000 |
| 2016-02-08 2015-12-30 2015-04-26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numeric date, American style | 1454946120000 1451433600000 1430032020000 |
| 2/8/16 12/30/15 4/26/15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full written date | 1454946120000 1451433600000 1430032020000 |
| February 08, 2016 December 30, 2015 April 26, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abbreviated date, including abbreviated day of week | 1454946120000 1451433600000 1430032020000 |
| Mon Feb 08, 2016 Wed Dec 30, 2015 Sun Apr 26, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full 24-hour time | 1454946120000 1451433600000 1430032020000 |
| 15:42:00.000 00:00:00.000 07:07:00.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Twelve-hour time with AM/PM indicator | 1454946120000 1451433600000 1430032020000 |
| 3:42:00 PM 12:00:00 AM 7:07:00 AM |
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