RE: TO_CHAR function

Doh!
And thanks!


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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Yeung
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 1:27 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: TO_CHAR function

Gary,

I'm glad you were able to eventually make use of Chuck's response. I do have a small comment though (see below).

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Gary Thompson <gthompson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The time format is exactly what I want; the solution I think I'll use is:

SELECT
TO_CHAR(CURRENT TIMESTAMP, 'MM/DD/YY HH24:MI AM') FROM
SYSIBM/SYSDUMMY1

Which returns:

TO_CHAR
03/26/15 13:06 PM

Sometimes it takes a while to fully digest what Chuck is saying. When he asked if you tried 'HH24:MI AM', he was actually probing to find out if you really DID try that, because he thought maybe that was one possible reason you were "not successful" thus far.

See, you normally don't ask for both 24-hour time AND the AM/PM indicator. If you want to make it as human-friendly as possible (for Americans), you most likely want 'MM/DD/YY HH:MI AM' (12-hour time, with AM/PM indicator).

John Y.
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