SQL/MX 2.x Reference Manual (H06.04+)

SQL/MX Functions and Expressions

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SECOND Function

The SECOND function converts a TIME or TIMESTAMP expression into an INTEGER

value in the range 0 through 59 that represents the corresponding second of the hour.

SECOND is an SQL/MX extension.

datetime-expression

is an expression that evaluates to a datetime value of type TIME or TIMESTAMP.

See Datetime Value Expressions on page 6-39.

Examples of SECOND

•

Return an integer that represents the second of the hour from the

SHIP_TIMESTAMP column:

SELECT start_date, ship_timestamp, SECOND(ship_timestamp)

FROM persnl.project

WHERE projcode = 1000;

Start/Date Time/Shipped (EXPR)

---------- -------------------------- -----------

1996-04-10 1996-04-21 08:15:00.000000 .000000

SECOND (datetime-expression)