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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Data Type Formatting Functions</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REV="MADE" HREF="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Functions and Operators" HREF="functions.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Pattern Matching" HREF="functions-matching.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Date/Time Functions and Operators" HREF="functions-datetime.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="stylesheet.css"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><META NAME="creation" CONTENT="2017-11-06T22:43:11"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="index.html" >PostgreSQL 9.2.24 Documentation</A ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A TITLE="Pattern Matching" HREF="functions-matching.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="functions.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="60%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 9. Functions and Operators</TD ><TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A TITLE="Date/Time Functions and Operators" HREF="functions-datetime.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING" >9.8. Data Type Formatting Functions</A ></H1 ><P > The <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > formatting functions provide a powerful set of tools for converting various data types (date/time, integer, floating point, numeric) to formatted strings and for converting from formatted strings to specific data types. <A HREF="functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-TABLE" >Table 9-21</A > lists them. These functions all follow a common calling convention: the first argument is the value to be formatted and the second argument is a template that defines the output or input format. </P ><P > A single-argument <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp</CODE > function is also available; it accepts a <TT CLASS="TYPE" >double precision</TT > argument and converts from Unix epoch (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00+00) to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp with time zone</TT >. (<TT CLASS="TYPE" >Integer</TT > Unix epochs are implicitly cast to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >double precision</TT >.) </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table 9-21. Formatting Functions</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Function</TH ><TH >Return Type</TH ><TH >Description</TH ><TH >Example</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT > </TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD >convert time stamp to string</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(current_timestamp, 'HH12:MI:SS')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >interval</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD >convert interval to string</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(interval '15h 2m 12s', 'HH24:MI:SS')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >int</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD >convert integer to string</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(125, '999')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE >(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >double precision</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD >convert real/double precision to string</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(125.8::real, '999D9')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >numeric</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT ></TD ><TD >convert numeric to string</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-125.8, '999D99S')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_date(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT > </TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >date</TT ></TD ><TD >convert string to date</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_date('05 Dec 2000', 'DD Mon YYYY')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_number(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT > </TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >numeric</TT ></TD ><TD >convert string to numeric</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_number('12,454.8-', '99G999D9S')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >, <TT CLASS="TYPE" >text</TT >)</CODE ></TT > </TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp with time zone</TT ></TD ><TD >convert string to time stamp</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_timestamp('05 Dec 2000', 'DD Mon YYYY')</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" ><CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp(<TT CLASS="TYPE" >double precision</TT >)</CODE ></TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp with time zone</TT ></TD ><TD >convert Unix epoch to time stamp</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_timestamp(1284352323)</TT ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ><P > In a <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE > output template string, there are certain patterns that are recognized and replaced with appropriately-formatted data based on the given value. Any text that is not a template pattern is simply copied verbatim. Similarly, in an input template string (for the other functions), template patterns identify the values to be supplied by the input data string. </P ><P > <A HREF="functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-DATETIME-TABLE" >Table 9-22</A > shows the template patterns available for formatting date and time values. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-DATETIME-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table 9-22. Template Patterns for Date/Time Formatting</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Pattern</TH ><TH >Description</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >HH</TT ></TD ><TD >hour of day (01-12)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >HH12</TT ></TD ><TD >hour of day (01-12)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >HH24</TT ></TD ><TD >hour of day (00-23)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MI</TT ></TD ><TD >minute (00-59)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SS</TT ></TD ><TD >second (00-59)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MS</TT ></TD ><TD >millisecond (000-999)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >US</TT ></TD ><TD >microsecond (000000-999999)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SSSS</TT ></TD ><TD >seconds past midnight (0-86399)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >AM</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >am</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >PM</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >pm</TT ></TD ><TD >meridiem indicator (without periods)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >A.M.</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >a.m.</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >P.M.</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >p.m.</TT ></TD ><TD >meridiem indicator (with periods)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Y,YYY</TT ></TD ><TD >year (4 or more digits) with comma</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYYY</TT ></TD ><TD >year (4 or more digits)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYY</TT ></TD ><TD >last 3 digits of year</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YY</TT ></TD ><TD >last 2 digits of year</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Y</TT ></TD ><TD >last digit of year</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >IYYY</TT ></TD ><TD >ISO 8601 week-numbering year (4 or more digits)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >IYY</TT ></TD ><TD >last 3 digits of ISO 8601 week-numbering year</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >IY</TT ></TD ><TD >last 2 digits of ISO 8601 week-numbering year</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >I</TT ></TD ><TD >last digit of ISO 8601 week-numbering year</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >BC</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >bc</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >AD</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ad</TT ></TD ><TD >era indicator (without periods)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >B.C.</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >b.c.</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >A.D.</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >a.d.</TT ></TD ><TD >era indicator (with periods)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MONTH</TT ></TD ><TD >full upper case month name (blank-padded to 9 chars)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Month</TT ></TD ><TD >full capitalized month name (blank-padded to 9 chars)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >month</TT ></TD ><TD >full lower case month name (blank-padded to 9 chars)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MON</TT ></TD ><TD >abbreviated upper case month name (3 chars in English, localized lengths vary)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Mon</TT ></TD ><TD >abbreviated capitalized month name (3 chars in English, localized lengths vary)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >mon</TT ></TD ><TD >abbreviated lower case month name (3 chars in English, localized lengths vary)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MM</TT ></TD ><TD >month number (01-12)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DAY</TT ></TD ><TD >full upper case day name (blank-padded to 9 chars)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Day</TT ></TD ><TD >full capitalized day name (blank-padded to 9 chars)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >day</TT ></TD ><TD >full lower case day name (blank-padded to 9 chars)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DY</TT ></TD ><TD >abbreviated upper case day name (3 chars in English, localized lengths vary)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Dy</TT ></TD ><TD >abbreviated capitalized day name (3 chars in English, localized lengths vary)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >dy</TT ></TD ><TD >abbreviated lower case day name (3 chars in English, localized lengths vary)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DDD</TT ></TD ><TD >day of year (001-366)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >IDDD</TT ></TD ><TD >day of ISO 8601 week-numbering year (001-371; day 1 of the year is Monday of the first ISO week)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DD</TT ></TD ><TD >day of month (01-31)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >D</TT ></TD ><TD >day of the week, Sunday (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >1</TT >) to Saturday (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >7</TT >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ID</TT ></TD ><TD >ISO 8601 day of the week, Monday (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >1</TT >) to Sunday (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >7</TT >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >W</TT ></TD ><TD >week of month (1-5) (the first week starts on the first day of the month)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >WW</TT ></TD ><TD >week number of year (1-53) (the first week starts on the first day of the year)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >IW</TT ></TD ><TD >week number of ISO 8601 week-numbering year (01-53; the first Thursday of the year is in week 1)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >CC</TT ></TD ><TD >century (2 digits) (the twenty-first century starts on 2001-01-01)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >J</TT ></TD ><TD >Julian Day (days since November 24, 4714 BC at midnight)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Q</TT ></TD ><TD >quarter (ignored by <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_date</CODE > and <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp</CODE >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >RM</TT ></TD ><TD >month in upper case Roman numerals (I-XII; I=January)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >rm</TT ></TD ><TD >month in lower case Roman numerals (i-xii; i=January)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TZ</TT ></TD ><TD >upper case time-zone abbreviation (only supported in <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE >)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >tz</TT ></TD ><TD >lower case time-zone abbreviation (only supported in <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE >)</TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ><P > Modifiers can be applied to any template pattern to alter its behavior. For example, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FMMonth</TT > is the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Month</TT > pattern with the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > modifier. <A HREF="functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-DATETIMEMOD-TABLE" >Table 9-23</A > shows the modifier patterns for date/time formatting. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-DATETIMEMOD-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table 9-23. Template Pattern Modifiers for Date/Time Formatting</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Modifier</TH ><TH >Description</TH ><TH >Example</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > prefix</TD ><TD >fill mode (suppress leading zeroes and padding blanks)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FMMonth</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TH</TT > suffix</TD ><TD >upper case ordinal number suffix</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DDTH</TT >, e.g., <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12TH</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >th</TT > suffix</TD ><TD >lower case ordinal number suffix</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DDth</TT >, e.g., <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12th</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FX</TT > prefix</TD ><TD >fixed format global option (see usage notes)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FX Month DD Day</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TM</TT > prefix</TD ><TD >translation mode (print localized day and month names based on <A HREF="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-LC-TIME" >lc_time</A >)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TMMonth</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SP</TT > suffix</TD ><TD >spell mode (not implemented)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >DDSP</TT ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ><P > Usage notes for date/time formatting: <P ></P ></P><UL ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > suppresses leading zeroes and trailing blanks that would otherwise be added to make the output of a pattern be fixed-width. In <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > modifies only the next specification, while in Oracle <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > affects all subsequent specifications, and repeated <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > modifiers toggle fill mode on and off. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TM</TT > does not include trailing blanks. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp</CODE > and <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_date</CODE > skip multiple blank spaces in the input string unless the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FX</TT > option is used. For example, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_timestamp('2000 JUN', 'YYYY MON')</TT > works, but <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_timestamp('2000 JUN', 'FXYYYY MON')</TT > returns an error because <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp</CODE > expects one space only. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FX</TT > must be specified as the first item in the template. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > Ordinary text is allowed in <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE > templates and will be output literally. You can put a substring in double quotes to force it to be interpreted as literal text even if it contains pattern key words. For example, in <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'"Hello Year "YYYY'</TT >, the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYYY</TT > will be replaced by the year data, but the single <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Y</TT > in <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Year</TT > will not be. In <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_date</CODE >, <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_number</CODE >, and <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp</CODE >, double-quoted strings skip the number of input characters contained in the string, e.g. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >"XX"</TT > skips two input characters. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > If you want to have a double quote in the output you must precede it with a backslash, for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'\"YYYY Month\"'</TT >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > If the year format specification is less than four digits, e.g. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYY</TT >, and the supplied year is less than four digits, the year will be adjusted to be nearest to the year 2020, e.g. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >95</TT > becomes 1995. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > The <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYYY</TT > conversion from string to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp</TT > or <TT CLASS="TYPE" >date</TT > has a restriction when processing years with more than 4 digits. You must use some non-digit character or template after <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYYY</TT >, otherwise the year is always interpreted as 4 digits. For example (with the year 20000): <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_date('200001131', 'YYYYMMDD')</TT > will be interpreted as a 4-digit year; instead use a non-digit separator after the year, like <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_date('20000-1131', 'YYYY-MMDD')</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_date('20000Nov31', 'YYYYMonDD')</TT >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > In conversions from string to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp</TT > or <TT CLASS="TYPE" >date</TT >, the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >CC</TT > (century) field is ignored if there is a <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYY</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYYY</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Y,YYY</TT > field. If <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >CC</TT > is used with <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YY</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >Y</TT > then the year is computed as <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >(CC-1)*100+YY</TT >. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > An ISO 8601 week-numbering date (as distinct from a Gregorian date) can be specified to <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_timestamp</CODE > and <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_date</CODE > in one of two ways: <P ></P ></P><UL ><LI ><P > Year, week number, and weekday: for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_date('2006-42-4', 'IYYY-IW-ID')</TT > returns the date <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >2006-10-19</TT >. If you omit the weekday it is assumed to be 1 (Monday). </P ></LI ><LI ><P > Year and day of year: for example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_date('2006-291', 'IYYY-IDDD')</TT > also returns <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >2006-10-19</TT >. </P ></LI ></UL ><P> </P ><P > Attempting to enter a date using a mixture of ISO 8601 week-numbering fields and Gregorian date fields is nonsensical, and will cause an error. In the context of an ISO 8601 week-numbering year, the concept of a <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"month"</SPAN > or <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"day of month"</SPAN > has no meaning. In the context of a Gregorian year, the ISO week has no meaning. </P ><DIV CLASS="CAUTION" ><P ></P ><TABLE CLASS="CAUTION" BORDER="1" WIDTH="90%" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="CENTER" ><B >Caution</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" ><P > While <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_date</CODE > will reject a mixture of Gregorian and ISO week-numbering date fields, <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE > will not, since output format specifications like <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >YYYY-MM-DD (IYYY-IDDD)</TT > can be useful. But avoid writing something like <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >IYYY-MM-DD</TT >; that would yield surprising results near the start of the year. (See <A HREF="functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT" >Section 9.9.1</A > for more information.) </P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></LI ><LI ><P > In a conversion from string to <TT CLASS="TYPE" >timestamp</TT >, millisecond (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MS</TT >) or microsecond (<TT CLASS="LITERAL" >US</TT >) values are used as the seconds digits after the decimal point. For example <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_timestamp('12:3', 'SS:MS')</TT > is not 3 milliseconds, but 300, because the conversion counts it as 12 + 0.3 seconds. This means for the format <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SS:MS</TT >, the input values <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12:3</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12:30</TT >, and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12:300</TT > specify the same number of milliseconds. To get three milliseconds, one must use <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12:003</TT >, which the conversion counts as 12 + 0.003 = 12.003 seconds. </P ><P > Here is a more complex example: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_timestamp('15:12:02.020.001230', 'HH24:MI:SS.MS.US')</TT > is 15 hours, 12 minutes, and 2 seconds + 20 milliseconds + 1230 microseconds = 2.021230 seconds. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(..., 'ID')</CODE >'s day of the week numbering matches the <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >extract(isodow from ...)</CODE > function, but <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(..., 'D')</CODE >'s does not match <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >extract(dow from ...)</CODE >'s day numbering. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char(interval)</CODE > formats <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >HH</TT > and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >HH12</TT > as shown on a 12-hour clock, i.e. zero hours and 36 hours output as <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >12</TT >, while <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >HH24</TT > outputs the full hour value, which can exceed 23 for intervals. </P ></LI ></UL ><P> </P ><P > <A HREF="functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-NUMERIC-TABLE" >Table 9-24</A > shows the template patterns available for formatting numeric values. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-NUMERIC-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table 9-24. Template Patterns for Numeric Formatting</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Pattern</TH ><TH >Description</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9</TT ></TD ><TD >digit position (can be dropped if insignificant)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >0</TT ></TD ><TD >digit position (will not be dropped, even if insignificant)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >.</TT > (period)</TD ><TD >decimal point</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >,</TT > (comma)</TD ><TD >group (thousands) separator</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >PR</TT ></TD ><TD >negative value in angle brackets</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >S</TT ></TD ><TD >sign anchored to number (uses locale)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >L</TT ></TD ><TD >currency symbol (uses locale)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >D</TT ></TD ><TD >decimal point (uses locale)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >G</TT ></TD ><TD >group separator (uses locale)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MI</TT ></TD ><TD >minus sign in specified position (if number < 0)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >PL</TT ></TD ><TD >plus sign in specified position (if number > 0)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SG</TT ></TD ><TD >plus/minus sign in specified position</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >RN</TT ></TD ><TD >Roman numeral (input between 1 and 3999)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TH</TT > or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >th</TT ></TD ><TD >ordinal number suffix</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >V</TT ></TD ><TD >shift specified number of digits (see notes)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >EEEE</TT ></TD ><TD >exponent for scientific notation</TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ><P > Usage notes for numeric formatting: <P ></P ></P><UL ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >0</TT > specifies a digit position that will always be printed, even if it contains a leading/trailing zero. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9</TT > also specifies a digit position, but if it is a leading zero then it will be replaced by a space, while if it is a trailing zero and fill mode is specified then it will be deleted. (For <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_number()</CODE >, these two pattern characters are equivalent.) </P ></LI ><LI ><P > The pattern characters <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >S</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >L</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >D</TT >, and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >G</TT > represent the sign, currency symbol, decimal point, and thousands separator characters defined by the current locale (see <A HREF="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-LC-MONETARY" >lc_monetary</A > and <A HREF="runtime-config-client.html#GUC-LC-NUMERIC" >lc_numeric</A >). The pattern characters period and comma represent those exact characters, with the meanings of decimal point and thousands separator, regardless of locale. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > If no explicit provision is made for a sign in <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char()</CODE >'s pattern, one column will be reserved for the sign, and it will be anchored to (appear just left of) the number. If <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >S</TT > appears just left of some <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9</TT >'s, it will likewise be anchored to the number. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > A sign formatted using <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SG</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >PL</TT >, or <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MI</TT > is not anchored to the number; for example, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-12, 'MI9999')</TT > produces <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'- 12'</TT > but <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-12, 'S9999')</TT > produces <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' -12'</TT >. (The Oracle implementation does not allow the use of <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MI</TT > before <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9</TT >, but rather requires that <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9</TT > precede <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >MI</TT >.) </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TH</TT > does not convert values less than zero and does not convert fractional numbers. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >PL</TT >, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >SG</TT >, and <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TH</TT > are <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >PostgreSQL</SPAN > extensions. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >V</TT > effectively multiplies the input values by <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >10^<TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT ></TT >, where <TT CLASS="REPLACEABLE" ><I >n</I ></TT > is the number of digits following <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >V</TT >. <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE > does not support the use of <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >V</TT > combined with a decimal point (e.g., <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >99.9V99</TT > is not allowed). </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >EEEE</TT > (scientific notation) cannot be used in combination with any of the other formatting patterns or modifiers other than digit and decimal point patterns, and must be at the end of the format string (e.g., <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >9.99EEEE</TT > is a valid pattern). </P ></LI ></UL ><P> </P ><P > Certain modifiers can be applied to any template pattern to alter its behavior. For example, <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM99.99</TT > is the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >99.99</TT > pattern with the <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > modifier. <A HREF="functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-NUMERICMOD-TABLE" >Table 9-25</A > shows the modifier patterns for numeric formatting. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-NUMERICMOD-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table 9-25. Template Pattern Modifiers for Numeric Formatting</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Modifier</TH ><TH >Description</TH ><TH >Example</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM</TT > prefix</TD ><TD >fill mode (suppress trailing zeroes and padding blanks)</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >FM99.99</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >TH</TT > suffix</TD ><TD >upper case ordinal number suffix</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >999TH</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >th</TT > suffix</TD ><TD >lower case ordinal number suffix</TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >999th</TT ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ><P > <A HREF="functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-EXAMPLES-TABLE" >Table 9-26</A > shows some examples of the use of the <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE > function. </P ><DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-EXAMPLES-TABLE" ></A ><P ><B >Table 9-26. <CODE CLASS="FUNCTION" >to_char</CODE > Examples</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><COL><COL><THEAD ><TR ><TH >Expression</TH ><TH >Result</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(current_timestamp, 'Day, DD HH12:MI:SS')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'Tuesday , 06 05:39:18'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(current_timestamp, 'FMDay, FMDD HH12:MI:SS')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'Tuesday, 6 05:39:18'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-0.1, '99.99')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' -.10'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-0.1, 'FM9.99')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'-.1'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-0.1, 'FM90.99')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'-0.1'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(0.1, '0.9')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 0.1'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(12, '9990999.9')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 0012.0'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(12, 'FM9990999.9')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'0012.'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, '999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-485, '999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'-485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, '9 9 9')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 4 8 5'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(1485, '9,999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 1,485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(1485, '9G999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 1 485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(148.5, '999.999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 148.500'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(148.5, 'FM999.999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'148.5'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(148.5, 'FM999.990')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'148.500'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(148.5, '999D999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 148,500'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(3148.5, '9G999D999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 3 148,500'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-485, '999S')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'485-'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-485, '999MI')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'485-'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, '999MI')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'485 '</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, 'FM999MI')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, 'PL999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'+485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, 'SG999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'+485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-485, 'SG999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'-485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-485, '9SG99')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'4-85'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(-485, '999PR')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'<485>'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, 'L999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'DM 485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, 'RN')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' CDLXXXV'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, 'FMRN')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'CDLXXXV'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(5.2, 'FMRN')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'V'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(482, '999th')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 482nd'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485, '"Good number:"999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'Good number: 485'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(485.8, '"Pre:"999" Post:" .999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >'Pre: 485 Post: .800'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(12, '99V999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 12000'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(12.4, '99V999')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 12400'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(12.45, '99V9')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 125'</TT ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >to_char(0.0004859, '9.99EEEE')</TT ></TD ><TD ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >' 4.86e-04'</TT ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="functions-matching.html" 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