CallDatetime

The CallDatetime function calls a warehouse function that returns a datetime data value. This function is often applied to display a time column or value in different formats that require conversion.

Syntax

CallDatetime(function_name, argument)

Function arguments:

Example

A table contains a Daily Total Seconds column that returns the session time (in seconds) for each customer as a Number type. You can pass Snowflake's TO_TIME function to the CallDatetime function to represent the number of seconds as hours, minutes, and seconds.

CallDatetime("TO_TIME", Text([Daily Total Seconds]))

• Converts the Daily Total Seconds column into hours, minutes, and seconds.

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Apply custom formatting to the CallDatetime column using %H:%M:%S as the format string to only display the time portion of the timestamp returned by the TO_TIME function.