Thread: Formatting current_time output
Hi. Anyone have any tips on how I can approximate the following: SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL Returned: 10:58 AM I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. Is there a function I haven't found? TIA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good e-mail: tomg@sqlclinic.net Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 -- -- SQL Clinic - An Open Source Clinical Record www.sqlclinic.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thomas, > SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle > SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL > > Returned: 10:58 AM > > I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. > Is there a function I haven't found? Um, what's wrong with: SELECT to_char(current_time, 'HH12:MI AM'); ? (See "Formatting Functions" under "Functions and Operators" in the User's Guide) -Josh Berkus
SELECT to_char(now(), 'HH24:MI AM'); (in 7.2.1) ================================================================== Achilleus Mantzios S/W Engineer IT dept Dynacom Tankers Mngmt Nikis 4, Glyfada Athens 16610 Greece tel: +30-10-8981112 fax: +30-10-8981877 email: achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com mantzios@softlab.ece.ntua.gr
On 7.2.2, you can use select to_char(now(), 'HH12:MI AM'); (using current_time raises an error, but now() works fine). Charlie Josh Berkus wrote: >Thomas, > > > >>SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle >>SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL >> >>Returned: 10:58 AM >> >>I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. >>Is there a function I haven't found? >> >> > >Um, what's wrong with: >SELECT to_char(current_time, 'HH12:MI AM'); >? > >(See "Formatting Functions" under "Functions and Operators" in the >User's Guide) > >-Josh Berkus > > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > >http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html > > -- Charles H. Woloszynski ClearMetrix, Inc. 115 Research Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015 tel: 610-419-2210 x400 fax: 240-371-3256 web: www.clearmetrix.com
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Josh Berkus wrote: > Thomas, > > > SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle > > SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL > > > > Returned: 10:58 AM > > > > I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. > > Is there a function I haven't found? > > Um, what's wrong with: > SELECT to_char(current_time, 'HH12:MI AM'); Not a thing! Except that I think you mean 'current_date'. ;-) Cheers Josh (and thanks alot)... BTW the JOIN you sent the other day worked fine. Thanks again, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good e-mail: tomg@sqlclinic.net Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 -- -- SQL Clinic - An Open Source Clinical Record www.sqlclinic.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:46:19AM -0400, Thomas Good wrote:
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> SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle
> SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL
SELECT TO_CHAR(now(),'HH:MI AM'); -- PostgreSQL
:-)
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