Analytics SAQL Reference

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Date Functions
daysBetween()
date_diff()
now()
date()
toDate()
date_to_epoch()
date_to_string()
toString()
Time-Based Filtering
Day in the Week, Month, Quarter, or Year
Last Day in the Week, Month, Quarter, or Year
Number of Days in the Month, Quarter, or Year
String Functions
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coalesce
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toString()

Converts a date to a string.

Syntax

toString(date, formatString)

This function is identical to date_to_string().

Note

Usage

This function must take a toDate() or now(​) function as its first argument.

Example

1q = foreach q generate toString(now(​), "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") as ds1;