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Timestamp operators

Operator Description Example Result
+ addition of INTERVAL TIMESTAMP(‘2022-11-12 13:22:17’) + INTERVAL(‘4 minutes, 3 hours, 2 days’) 2022-11-14 17:22:21 (TIMESTAMP)
- subtraction of TIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP(‘2022-11-22 15:12:22’) - TIMESTAMP(‘2011-10-09 13:00:21’) 4062 days 02:12:01 (INTERVAL)
- subtraction of INTERVAL TIMESTAMP(‘2011-10-21 14:25:13’) - INTERVAL(‘35 days 2 years 3 hours’) 2009-09-16 11:25:13 (TIMESTAMP)

Timestamp functions

Function Description Example Result
century(timestamp) returns the century of the timestamp century(TIMESTAMP(‘2013-12-11 14:22:13’)) 21 (INT64)
date_part(part, timestamp) returns the subfield of the timestamp date_part(‘second’, TIMESTAMP(‘1995-11-02 12:05:21’)) 21 (INT64)
datepart(part, timestamp) alias of date_part datepart(‘month’, TIMESTAMP(‘1926-11-21 13:22:19’)) 11 (INT64)
date_trunc(part, timestamp) returns the given timestamp with specified precision date_trunc(‘month’, TIMESTAMP(‘2002-10-21 13:51:21’)) 2002-10-01 00:00:00 (TIMESTAMP)
datetrunc(part, timestamp) alias of date_trunc datetrunc(‘year’, TIMESTAMP(‘2005-12-11 11:21:31’)) 2005-01-01 00:00:00 (TIMESTAMP)
dayname(timestamp) returns the english name of the day of the timestamp dayname(TIMESTAMP(‘2022-11-08 11:12:20’)) Tuesday (STRING)
epoch_ms(ms) converts the ms to timestamp epoch_ms(INT64(701222402100)) 1992-03-22 00:00:02.1 (TIMESTAMP)
greatest(timestamp, timestamp) returns the later of the two timestamps greatest(TIMESTAMP(‘2013-12-11 10:22:11’), TIMESTAMP(‘2011-05-13 13:22:11’)) 2013-12-11 10:22:11 (TIMESTAMP)
least(timestamp, timestamp) returns the earlier of the two timestamps least(TIMESTAMP(‘1966-12-21 15:22:11’), TIMESTAMP(‘2005-11-12’)) 1966-12-21 15:22:11 (TIMESTAMP)
last_day(timestamp) returns the last day of the month of the timestamp last_day(TIMESTAMP(‘2022-11-08 05:11:31’)) 2022-11-30 (DATE)
monthname(timestamp) returns the english name of the month of the date monthname(TIMESTAMP(‘2022-04-21 06:11:22’)) April (STRING)
to_timestamp(sec) converts sec to timestamp to_timestamp(701222723) 1992-03-22 00:05:23 (TIMESTAMP)