Syntax¶

AS_DATE(<variant_expr>)

Arguments¶

variant_expr

An expression that evaluates to a value of type VARIANT.

Returns¶

The function returns a value of type DATE or NULL:

• If the type of the value in thevariant_expr argument is DATE, the function returns a value of type DATE.

• If the type of the value in thevariant_expr argument doesn’t match the type of the outputvalue, the function returns NULL.

• If thevariant_expr argument is NULL, the function returns NULL.

Examples¶

Create a table and load data into it:

CREATEORREPLACETABLEas_date_example(date1VARIANT);INSERTINTOas_date_example(date1)SELECTTO_VARIANT(TO_DATE('2024-10-10'));

Use the AS_DATE function in a query to cast a VARIANT value to a DATE value:

SELECTAS_DATE(date1)date_valueFROMas_date_example;

+------------+| DATE_VALUE ||------------|| 2024-10-10 |+------------+