Name
datestring_GMT — convert a timestamp to external format string in GMT
Synopsis
datestring_GMT ( |
in dt datetime ); |
Description
Converts the local datetime to GMT and returns its external representation as a string.
Parameters
dt
A datetime value.
Return values
A VARCHAR containing the external representation.
Examples
Example24.75.Example with datestring_GMT
We are at central european time zone CET(GMT+1).
SQL> use Demo;
Done. -- 3 msec.
SQL> select (datestring_GMT (stringdate ('2000-01-01 22:00')));
callret
VARCHAR
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2000-01-01 21:00:00.000000
1 Rows. -- 45 msec.
See Also
The discussion of TIMESTAMP datatype in section Database Concepts of the documentation.