DATE

Casts a string value to a date.

Syntax

DATE(value)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
value	timestamp

Returns

date

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Examples

value	Output
'2022-02-01'	date '2022-02-01'
timestamp '2022-02-01 00:00:00'	date '2022-02-01'
timestamp '2022-01-01 00:30:00'	date '2022-01-01'

Transformation job example

SQL

CREATE JOB function_operator_example
    ADD_MISSING_COLUMNS = true
AS INSERT INTO default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_transformed_data 
  MAP_COLUMNS_BY_NAME
    SELECT value,
        DATE(value) AS Output
    FROM default_glue_catalog.upsolver_samples.orders_raw_data
    LET value = '2022-02-01'
    WHERE $commit_time BETWEEN run_start_time() AND run_end_time()
    LIMIT 1;

Query result

value	Output
'2022-02-01'	date '2022-02-01'