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---
slug: /en/sql-reference/functions/date-time-functions
sidebar_position: 39
sidebar_label: Dates and Times
---
# Functions for Working with Dates and Times
Support for time zones.
All functions for working with the date and time that have a logical use for the time zone can accept a second optional time zone argument. Example: Asia/Yekaterinburg. In this case, they use the specified time zone instead of the local (default) one.
``` sql
SELECT
toDateTime('2016-06-15 23:00:00') AS time,
toDate(time) AS date_local,
toDate(time, 'Asia/Yekaterinburg') AS date_yekat,
toString(time, 'US/Samoa') AS time_samoa
```
``` text
┌────────────────time─┬─date_local─┬─date_yekat─┬─time_samoa──────────┐
│ 2016-06-15 23:00:00 │ 2016-06-15 │ 2016-06-16 │ 2016-06-15 09:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴─────────────────────┘
```
## timeZone
Returns the timezone of the server.
If it is executed in the context of a distributed table, then it generates a normal column with values relevant to each shard. Otherwise it produces a constant value.
**Syntax**
``` sql
timeZone()
```
Alias: `timezone`.
**Returned value**
- Timezone.
Type: [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
## toTimeZone
Converts time or date and time to the specified time zone. The time zone is an attribute of the `Date` and `DateTime` data types. The internal value (number of seconds) of the table field or of the resultset's column does not change, the column's type changes and its string representation changes accordingly.
**Syntax**
``` sql
toTimezone(value, timezone)
```
Alias: `toTimezone`.
**Arguments**
- `value` — Time or date and time. [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
- `timezone` — Timezone for the returned value. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md). This argument is a constant, because `toTimezone` changes the timezone of a column (timezone is an attribute of `DateTime*` types).
**Returned value**
- Date and time.
Type: [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query:
```sql
SELECT toDateTime('2019-01-01 00:00:00', 'UTC') AS time_utc,
toTypeName(time_utc) AS type_utc,
toInt32(time_utc) AS int32utc,
toTimeZone(time_utc, 'Asia/Yekaterinburg') AS time_yekat,
toTypeName(time_yekat) AS type_yekat,
toInt32(time_yekat) AS int32yekat,
toTimeZone(time_utc, 'US/Samoa') AS time_samoa,
toTypeName(time_samoa) AS type_samoa,
toInt32(time_samoa) AS int32samoa
FORMAT Vertical;
```
Result:
```text
Row 1:
──────
time_utc: 2019-01-01 00:00:00
type_utc: DateTime('UTC')
int32utc: 1546300800
time_yekat: 2019-01-01 05:00:00
type_yekat: DateTime('Asia/Yekaterinburg')
int32yekat: 1546300800
time_samoa: 2018-12-31 13:00:00
type_samoa: DateTime('US/Samoa')
int32samoa: 1546300800
```
`toTimeZone(time_utc, 'Asia/Yekaterinburg')` changes the `DateTime('UTC')` type to `DateTime('Asia/Yekaterinburg')`. The value (Unixtimestamp) 1546300800 stays the same, but the string representation (the result of the toString() function) changes from `time_utc: 2019-01-01 00:00:00` to `time_yekat: 2019-01-01 05:00:00`.
## timeZoneOf
Returns the timezone name of [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) or [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md) data types.
**Syntax**
``` sql
timeZoneOf(value)
```
Alias: `timezoneOf`.
**Arguments**
- `value` — Date and time. [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) or [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
**Returned value**
- Timezone name.
Type: [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT timezoneOf(now());
```
Result:
``` text
┌─timezoneOf(now())─┐
│ Etc/UTC │
└───────────────────┘
```
## timeZoneOffset
Returns a timezone offset in seconds from [UTC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time). The function takes into account [daylight saving time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time) and historical timezone changes at the specified date and time.
[IANA timezone database](https://www.iana.org/time-zones) is used to calculate the offset.
**Syntax**
``` sql
timeZoneOffset(value)
```
Alias: `timezoneOffset`.
**Arguments**
- `value` — Date and time. [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) or [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
**Returned value**
- Offset from UTC in seconds.
Type: [Int32](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT toDateTime('2021-04-21 10:20:30', 'America/New_York') AS Time, toTypeName(Time) AS Type,
timeZoneOffset(Time) AS Offset_in_seconds, (Offset_in_seconds / 3600) AS Offset_in_hours;
```
Result:
``` text
┌────────────────Time─┬─Type─────────────────────────┬─Offset_in_seconds─┬─Offset_in_hours─┐
│ 2021-04-21 10:20:30 │ DateTime('America/New_York') │ -14400 │ -4 │
└─────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴───────────────────┴─────────────────┘
```
## toYear
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt16 number containing the year number (AD).
Alias: `YEAR`.
## toQuarter
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt8 number containing the quarter number.
Alias: `QUARTER`.
## toMonth
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt8 number containing the month number (1-12).
Alias: `MONTH`.
## toDayOfYear
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt16 number containing the number of the day of the year (1-366).
Alias: `DAYOFYEAR`.
## toDayOfMonth
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt8 number containing the number of the day of the month (1-31).
Aliases: `DAYOFMONTH`, `DAY`.
## toDayOfWeek
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt8 number containing the number of the day of the week (Monday is 1, and Sunday is 7).
Alias: `DAYOFWEEK`.
## toHour
Converts a date with time to a UInt8 number containing the number of the hour in 24-hour time (0-23).
This function assumes that if clocks are moved ahead, it is by one hour and occurs at 2 a.m., and if clocks are moved back, it is by one hour and occurs at 3 a.m. (which is not always true even in Moscow the clocks were twice changed at a different time).
Alias: `HOUR`.
## toMinute
Converts a date with time to a UInt8 number containing the number of the minute of the hour (0-59).
Alias: `MINUTE`.
## toSecond
Converts a date with time to a UInt8 number containing the number of the second in the minute (0-59).
Leap seconds are not accounted for.
Alias: `SECOND`.
## toUnixTimestamp
For DateTime argument: converts value to the number with type UInt32 -- Unix Timestamp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time).
For String argument: converts the input string to the datetime according to the timezone (optional second argument, server timezone is used by default) and returns the corresponding unix timestamp.
**Syntax**
``` sql
toUnixTimestamp(datetime)
toUnixTimestamp(str, [timezone])
```
**Returned value**
- Returns the unix timestamp.
Type: `UInt32`.
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT toUnixTimestamp('2017-11-05 08:07:47', 'Asia/Tokyo') AS unix_timestamp
```
Result:
``` text
┌─unix_timestamp─┐
│ 1509836867 │
└────────────────┘
```
:::Attention
The return type of `toStartOf*`, `toLastDayOfMonth`, `toMonday` functions described below is `Date` or `DateTime`.
Though these functions can take values of the extended types `Date32` and `DateTime64` as an argument, passing them a time outside the normal range (year 1970 to 2149 for `Date` / 2106 for `DateTime`) will produce wrong results.
In case argument is out of normal range:
* If the argument is smaller than 1970, the result will be calculated from the argument `1970-01-01 (00:00:00)` instead.
* If the return type is `DateTime` and the argument is larger than `2106-02-07 08:28:15`, the result will be calculated from the argument `2106-02-07 08:28:15` instead.
* If the return type is `Date` and the argument is larger than `2149-06-06`, the result will be calculated from the argument `2149-06-06` instead.
* If `toLastDayOfMonth` is called with an argument greater then `2149-05-31`, the result will be calculated from the argument `2149-05-31` instead.
:::
## toStartOfYear
Rounds down a date or date with time to the first day of the year.
Returns the date.
## toStartOfISOYear
Rounds down a date or date with time to the first day of ISO year.
Returns the date.
## toStartOfQuarter
Rounds down a date or date with time to the first day of the quarter.
The first day of the quarter is either 1 January, 1 April, 1 July, or 1 October.
Returns the date.
## toStartOfMonth
Rounds down a date or date with time to the first day of the month.
Returns the date.
## toLastDayOfMonth
Rounds up a date or date with time to the last day of the month.
Returns the date.
## toMonday
Rounds down a date or date with time to the nearest Monday.
As a special case, date arguments `1970-01-01`, `1970-01-02`, `1970-01-03` and `1970-01-04` return date `1970-01-01`.
Returns the date.
## toStartOfWeek(t\[,mode\])
Rounds down a date or date with time to the nearest Sunday or Monday by mode.
Returns the date.
As a special case, date arguments `1970-01-01`, `1970-01-02`, `1970-01-03` and `1970-01-04` (and `1970-01-05` if `mode` is `1`) return date `1970-01-01`.
The `mode` argument works exactly like the mode argument to toWeek(). For the single-argument syntax, a mode value of 0 is used.
## toStartOfDay
Rounds down a date with time to the start of the day.
## toStartOfHour
Rounds down a date with time to the start of the hour.
## toStartOfMinute
Rounds down a date with time to the start of the minute.
## toStartOfSecond
Truncates sub-seconds.
**Syntax**
``` sql
toStartOfSecond(value, [timezone])
```
**Arguments**
- `value` — Date and time. [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
- `timezone` — [Timezone](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) for the returned value (optional). If not specified, the function uses the timezone of the `value` parameter. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
- Input value without sub-seconds.
Type: [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
**Examples**
Query without timezone:
``` sql
WITH toDateTime64('2020-01-01 10:20:30.999', 3) AS dt64
SELECT toStartOfSecond(dt64);
```
Result:
``` text
┌───toStartOfSecond(dt64)─┐
│ 2020-01-01 10:20:30.000 │
└─────────────────────────┘
```
Query with timezone:
``` sql
WITH toDateTime64('2020-01-01 10:20:30.999', 3) AS dt64
SELECT toStartOfSecond(dt64, 'Asia/Istanbul');
```
Result:
``` text
┌─toStartOfSecond(dt64, 'Asia/Istanbul')─┐
│ 2020-01-01 13:20:30.000 │
└────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
**See also**
- [Timezone](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) server configuration parameter.
## toStartOfFiveMinutes
Rounds down a date with time to the start of the five-minute interval.
## toStartOfTenMinutes
Rounds down a date with time to the start of the ten-minute interval.
## toStartOfFifteenMinutes
Rounds down the date with time to the start of the fifteen-minute interval.
## toStartOfInterval(time_or_data, INTERVAL x unit \[, time_zone\])
This is a generalization of other functions named `toStartOf*`. For example,
`toStartOfInterval(t, INTERVAL 1 year)` returns the same as `toStartOfYear(t)`,
`toStartOfInterval(t, INTERVAL 1 month)` returns the same as `toStartOfMonth(t)`,
`toStartOfInterval(t, INTERVAL 1 day)` returns the same as `toStartOfDay(t)`,
`toStartOfInterval(t, INTERVAL 15 minute)` returns the same as `toStartOfFifteenMinutes(t)` etc.
## toTime
Converts a date with time to a certain fixed date, while preserving the time.
## toRelativeYearNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the year, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeQuarterNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the quarter, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeMonthNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the month, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeWeekNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the week, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeDayNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the day, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeHourNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the hour, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeMinuteNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the minute, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toRelativeSecondNum
Converts a date with time or date to the number of the second, starting from a certain fixed point in the past.
## toISOYear
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt16 number containing the ISO Year number.
## toISOWeek
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt8 number containing the ISO Week number.
## toWeek(date\[,mode\])
This function returns the week number for date or datetime. The two-argument form of toWeek() enables you to specify whether the week starts on Sunday or Monday and whether the return value should be in the range from 0 to 53 or from 1 to 53. If the mode argument is omitted, the default mode is 0.
`toISOWeek()`is a compatibility function that is equivalent to `toWeek(date,3)`.
The following table describes how the mode argument works.
| Mode | First day of week | Range | Week 1 is the first week … |
|------|-------------------|-------|-------------------------------|
| 0 | Sunday | 0-53 | with a Sunday in this year |
| 1 | Monday | 0-53 | with 4 or more days this year |
| 2 | Sunday | 1-53 | with a Sunday in this year |
| 3 | Monday | 1-53 | with 4 or more days this year |
| 4 | Sunday | 0-53 | with 4 or more days this year |
| 5 | Monday | 0-53 | with a Monday in this year |
| 6 | Sunday | 1-53 | with 4 or more days this year |
| 7 | Monday | 1-53 | with a Monday in this year |
| 8 | Sunday | 1-53 | contains January 1 |
| 9 | Monday | 1-53 | contains January 1 |
For mode values with a meaning of “with 4 or more days this year,” weeks are numbered according to ISO 8601:1988:
- If the week containing January 1 has 4 or more days in the new year, it is week 1.
- Otherwise, it is the last week of the previous year, and the next week is week 1.
For mode values with a meaning of “contains January 1”, the week contains January 1 is week 1. It does not matter how many days in the new year the week contained, even if it contained only one day.
``` sql
toWeek(date, [, mode][, Timezone])
```
**Arguments**
- `date` Date or DateTime.
- `mode` Optional parameter, Range of values is \[0,9\], default is 0.
- `Timezone` Optional parameter, it behaves like any other conversion function.
**Example**
``` sql
SELECT toDate('2016-12-27') AS date, toWeek(date) AS week0, toWeek(date,1) AS week1, toWeek(date,9) AS week9;
```
``` text
┌───────date─┬─week0─┬─week1─┬─week9─┐
│ 2016-12-27 │ 52 │ 52 │ 1 │
└────────────┴───────┴───────┴───────┘
```
## toYearWeek(date\[,mode\])
Returns year and week for a date. The year in the result may be different from the year in the date argument for the first and the last week of the year.
The mode argument works exactly like the mode argument to toWeek(). For the single-argument syntax, a mode value of 0 is used.
`toISOYear()`is a compatibility function that is equivalent to `intDiv(toYearWeek(date,3),100)`.
**Example**
``` sql
SELECT toDate('2016-12-27') AS date, toYearWeek(date) AS yearWeek0, toYearWeek(date,1) AS yearWeek1, toYearWeek(date,9) AS yearWeek9;
```
``` text
┌───────date─┬─yearWeek0─┬─yearWeek1─┬─yearWeek9─┐
│ 2016-12-27 │ 201652 │ 201652 │ 201701 │
└────────────┴───────────┴───────────┴───────────┘
```
## date\_trunc
Truncates date and time data to the specified part of date.
**Syntax**
``` sql
date_trunc(unit, value[, timezone])
```
Alias: `dateTrunc`.
**Arguments**
- `unit` — The type of interval to truncate the result. [String Literal](../syntax.md#syntax-string-literal).
Possible values:
- `second`
- `minute`
- `hour`
- `day`
- `week`
- `month`
- `quarter`
- `year`
- `value` — Date and time. [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) or [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
- `timezone` — [Timezone name](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) for the returned value (optional). If not specified, the function uses the timezone of the `value` parameter. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
- Value, truncated to the specified part of date.
Type: [Datetime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query without timezone:
``` sql
SELECT now(), date_trunc('hour', now());
```
Result:
``` text
┌───────────────now()─┬─date_trunc('hour', now())─┐
│ 2020-09-28 10:40:45 │ 2020-09-28 10:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
```
Query with the specified timezone:
```sql
SELECT now(), date_trunc('hour', now(), 'Asia/Istanbul');
```
Result:
```text
┌───────────────now()─┬─date_trunc('hour', now(), 'Asia/Istanbul')─┐
│ 2020-09-28 10:46:26 │ 2020-09-28 13:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
**See Also**
- [toStartOfInterval](#tostartofintervaltime-or-data-interval-x-unit-time-zone)
## date\_add
Adds the time interval or date interval to the provided date or date with time.
**Syntax**
``` sql
date_add(unit, value, date)
```
Aliases: `dateAdd`, `DATE_ADD`.
**Arguments**
- `unit` — The type of interval to add. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
Possible values:
- `second`
- `minute`
- `hour`
- `day`
- `week`
- `month`
- `quarter`
- `year`
- `value` — Value of interval to add. [Int](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
- `date` — The date or date with time to which `value` is added. [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Returned value**
Date or date with time obtained by adding `value`, expressed in `unit`, to `date`.
Type: [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query:
```sql
SELECT date_add(YEAR, 3, toDate('2018-01-01'));
```
Result:
```text
┌─plus(toDate('2018-01-01'), toIntervalYear(3))─┐
│ 2021-01-01 │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## date\_diff
Returns the difference between two dates or dates with time values.
**Syntax**
``` sql
date_diff('unit', startdate, enddate, [timezone])
```
Aliases: `dateDiff`, `DATE_DIFF`.
**Arguments**
- `unit` — The type of interval for result. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
Possible values:
- `second`
- `minute`
- `hour`
- `day`
- `week`
- `month`
- `quarter`
- `year`
- `startdate` — The first time value to subtract (the subtrahend). [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
- `enddate` — The second time value to subtract from (the minuend). [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
- `timezone` — [Timezone name](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) (optional). If specified, it is applied to both `startdate` and `enddate`. If not specified, timezones of `startdate` and `enddate` are used. If they are not the same, the result is unspecified. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
Difference between `enddate` and `startdate` expressed in `unit`.
Type: [Int](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT dateDiff('hour', toDateTime('2018-01-01 22:00:00'), toDateTime('2018-01-02 23:00:00'));
```
Result:
``` text
┌─dateDiff('hour', toDateTime('2018-01-01 22:00:00'), toDateTime('2018-01-02 23:00:00'))─┐
│ 25 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## date\_sub
Subtracts the time interval or date interval from the provided date or date with time.
**Syntax**
``` sql
date_sub(unit, value, date)
```
Aliases: `dateSub`, `DATE_SUB`.
**Arguments**
- `unit` — The type of interval to subtract. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
Possible values:
- `second`
- `minute`
- `hour`
- `day`
- `week`
- `month`
- `quarter`
- `year`
- `value` — Value of interval to subtract. [Int](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
- `date` — The date or date with time from which `value` is subtracted. [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Returned value**
Date or date with time obtained by subtracting `value`, expressed in `unit`, from `date`.
Type: [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT date_sub(YEAR, 3, toDate('2018-01-01'));
```
Result:
``` text
┌─minus(toDate('2018-01-01'), toIntervalYear(3))─┐
│ 2015-01-01 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## timestamp\_add
Adds the specified time value with the provided date or date time value.
**Syntax**
``` sql
timestamp_add(date, INTERVAL value unit)
```
Aliases: `timeStampAdd`, `TIMESTAMP_ADD`.
**Arguments**
- `date` — Date or date with time. [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
- `value` — Value of interval to add. [Int](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
- `unit` — The type of interval to add. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
Possible values:
- `second`
- `minute`
- `hour`
- `day`
- `week`
- `month`
- `quarter`
- `year`
**Returned value**
Date or date with time with the specified `value` expressed in `unit` added to `date`.
Type: [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query:
```sql
select timestamp_add(toDate('2018-01-01'), INTERVAL 3 MONTH);
```
Result:
```text
┌─plus(toDate('2018-01-01'), toIntervalMonth(3))─┐
│ 2018-04-01 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## timestamp\_sub
Subtracts the time interval from the provided date or date with time.
**Syntax**
``` sql
timestamp_sub(unit, value, date)
```
Aliases: `timeStampSub`, `TIMESTAMP_SUB`.
**Arguments**
- `unit` — The type of interval to subtract. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
Possible values:
- `second`
- `minute`
- `hour`
- `day`
- `week`
- `month`
- `quarter`
- `year`
- `value` — Value of interval to subtract. [Int](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
- `date` — Date or date with time. [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Returned value**
Date or date with time obtained by subtracting `value`, expressed in `unit`, from `date`.
Type: [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query:
```sql
select timestamp_sub(MONTH, 5, toDateTime('2018-12-18 01:02:03'));
```
Result:
```text
┌─minus(toDateTime('2018-12-18 01:02:03'), toIntervalMonth(5))─┐
│ 2018-07-18 01:02:03 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## now
Returns the current date and time at the moment of query analysis. The function is a constant expression.
**Syntax**
``` sql
now([timezone])
```
**Arguments**
- `timezone` — [Timezone name](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) for the returned value (optional). [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
- Current date and time.
Type: [Datetime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
Query without timezone:
``` sql
SELECT now();
```
Result:
``` text
┌───────────────now()─┐
│ 2020-10-17 07:42:09 │
└─────────────────────┘
```
Query with the specified timezone:
``` sql
SELECT now('Asia/Istanbul');
```
Result:
``` text
┌─now('Asia/Istanbul')─┐
│ 2020-10-17 10:42:23 │
└──────────────────────┘
```
## now64
Returns the current date and time with sub-second precision at the moment of query analysis. The function is a constant expression.
**Syntax**
``` sql
now64([scale], [timezone])
```
**Arguments**
- `scale` - Tick size (precision): 10<sup>-precision</sup> seconds. Valid range: [ 0 : 9 ]. Typically are used - 3 (default) (milliseconds), 6 (microseconds), 9 (nanoseconds).
- `timezone` — [Timezone name](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) for the returned value (optional). [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
- Current date and time with sub-second precision.
Type: [Datetime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
**Example**
``` sql
SELECT now64(), now64(9, 'Asia/Istanbul');
```
Result:
``` text
┌─────────────────now64()─┬─────now64(9, 'Asia/Istanbul')─┐
│ 2022-08-21 19:34:26.196 │ 2022-08-21 22:34:26.196542766 │
└─────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘
```
## nowInBlock
Returns the current date and time at the moment of processing of each block of data. In contrast to the function [now](#now), it is not a constant expression, and the returned value will be different in different blocks for long-running queries.
It makes sense to use this function to generate the current time in long-running INSERT SELECT queries.
**Syntax**
``` sql
nowInBlock([timezone])
```
**Arguments**
- `timezone` — [Timezone name](../../operations/server-configuration-parameters/settings.md#server_configuration_parameters-timezone) for the returned value (optional). [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
- Current date and time at the moment of processing of each block of data.
Type: [Datetime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Example**
``` sql
SELECT
now(),
nowInBlock(),
sleep(1)
FROM numbers(3)
SETTINGS max_block_size = 1
FORMAT PrettyCompactMonoBlock
```
Result:
``` text
┌───────────────now()─┬────────nowInBlock()─┬─sleep(1)─┐
│ 2022-08-21 19:41:19 │ 2022-08-21 19:41:19 │ 0 │
│ 2022-08-21 19:41:19 │ 2022-08-21 19:41:20 │ 0 │
│ 2022-08-21 19:41:19 │ 2022-08-21 19:41:21 │ 0 │
└─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┴──────────┘
```
## today
Accepts zero arguments and returns the current date at one of the moments of query analysis.
The same as toDate(now()).
## yesterday
Accepts zero arguments and returns yesterdays date at one of the moments of query analysis.
The same as today() - 1.
## timeSlot
Rounds the time to the half hour.
## toYYYYMM
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt32 number containing the year and month number (YYYY \* 100 + MM).
## toYYYYMMDD
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt32 number containing the year and month number (YYYY \* 10000 + MM \* 100 + DD).
## toYYYYMMDDhhmmss
Converts a date or date with time to a UInt64 number containing the year and month number (YYYY \* 10000000000 + MM \* 100000000 + DD \* 1000000 + hh \* 10000 + mm \* 100 + ss).
## addYears, addMonths, addWeeks, addDays, addHours, addMinutes, addSeconds, addQuarters
Function adds a Date/DateTime interval to a Date/DateTime and then return the Date/DateTime. For example:
``` sql
WITH
toDate('2018-01-01') AS date,
toDateTime('2018-01-01 00:00:00') AS date_time
SELECT
addYears(date, 1) AS add_years_with_date,
addYears(date_time, 1) AS add_years_with_date_time
```
``` text
┌─add_years_with_date─┬─add_years_with_date_time─┐
│ 2019-01-01 │ 2019-01-01 00:00:00 │
└─────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
```
## subtractYears, subtractMonths, subtractWeeks, subtractDays, subtractHours, subtractMinutes, subtractSeconds, subtractQuarters
Function subtract a Date/DateTime interval to a Date/DateTime and then return the Date/DateTime. For example:
``` sql
WITH
toDate('2019-01-01') AS date,
toDateTime('2019-01-01 00:00:00') AS date_time
SELECT
subtractYears(date, 1) AS subtract_years_with_date,
subtractYears(date_time, 1) AS subtract_years_with_date_time
```
``` text
┌─subtract_years_with_date─┬─subtract_years_with_date_time─┐
│ 2018-01-01 │ 2018-01-01 00:00:00 │
└──────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘
```
## timeSlots(StartTime, Duration,\[, Size\])
For a time interval starting at StartTime and continuing for Duration seconds, it returns an array of moments in time, consisting of points from this interval rounded down to the Size in seconds. Size is an optional parameter set to 1800 (30 minutes) by default.
This is necessary, for example, when searching for pageviews in the corresponding session.
Accepts DateTime and DateTime64 as StartTime argument. For DateTime, Duration and Size arguments must be `UInt32`. For DateTime64 they must be `Decimal64`.
Returns an array of DateTime/DateTime64 (return type matches the type of StartTime). For DateTime64, the return value's scale can differ from the scale of StartTime --- the highest scale among all given arguments is taken.
Example:
```sql
SELECT timeSlots(toDateTime('2012-01-01 12:20:00'), toUInt32(600));
SELECT timeSlots(toDateTime('1980-12-12 21:01:02', 'UTC'), toUInt32(600), 299);
SELECT timeSlots(toDateTime64('1980-12-12 21:01:02.1234', 4, 'UTC'), toDecimal64(600.1, 1), toDecimal64(299, 0));
```
``` text
┌─timeSlots(toDateTime('2012-01-01 12:20:00'), toUInt32(600))─┐
│ ['2012-01-01 12:00:00','2012-01-01 12:30:00'] │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─timeSlots(toDateTime('1980-12-12 21:01:02', 'UTC'), toUInt32(600), 299)─┐
│ ['1980-12-12 20:56:13','1980-12-12 21:01:12','1980-12-12 21:06:11'] │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌─timeSlots(toDateTime64('1980-12-12 21:01:02.1234', 4, 'UTC'), toDecimal64(600.1, 1), toDecimal64(299, 0))─┐
│ ['1980-12-12 20:56:13.0000','1980-12-12 21:01:12.0000','1980-12-12 21:06:11.0000'] │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## formatDateTime
Formats a Time according to the given Format string. Format is a constant expression, so you cannot have multiple formats for a single result column.
**Syntax**
``` sql
formatDateTime(Time, Format\[, Timezone\])
```
**Returned value(s)**
Returns time and date values according to the determined format.
**Replacement fields**
Using replacement fields, you can define a pattern for the resulting string. “Example” column shows formatting result for `2018-01-02 22:33:44`.
| Placeholder | Description | Example |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| %C | year divided by 100 and truncated to integer (00-99) | 20 |
| %d | day of the month, zero-padded (01-31) | 02 |
| %D | Short MM/DD/YY date, equivalent to %m/%d/%y | 01/02/18 |
| %e | day of the month, space-padded ( 1-31) | &nbsp; 2 |
| %F | short YYYY-MM-DD date, equivalent to %Y-%m-%d | 2018-01-02 |
| %G | four-digit year format for ISO week number, calculated from the week-based year [defined by the ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Week_dates) standard, normally useful only with %V | 2018 |
| %g | two-digit year format, aligned to ISO 8601, abbreviated from four-digit notation | 18 |
| %H | hour in 24h format (00-23) | 22 |
| %I | hour in 12h format (01-12) | 10 |
| %j | day of the year (001-366) | 002 |
| %m | month as a decimal number (01-12) | 01 |
| %M | minute (00-59) | 33 |
| %n | new-line character () | |
| %p | AM or PM designation | PM |
| %Q | Quarter (1-4) | 1 |
| %R | 24-hour HH:MM time, equivalent to %H:%M | 22:33 |
| %S | second (00-59) | 44 |
| %t | horizontal-tab character () | |
| %T | ISO 8601 time format (HH:MM:SS), equivalent to %H:%M:%S | 22:33:44 |
| %u | ISO 8601 weekday as number with Monday as 1 (1-7) | 2 |
| %V | ISO 8601 week number (01-53) | 01 |
| %w | weekday as a decimal number with Sunday as 0 (0-6) | 2 |
| %y | Year, last two digits (00-99) | 18 |
| %Y | Year | 2018 |
| %% | a % sign | % |
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT formatDateTime(toDate('2010-01-04'), '%g')
```
Result:
```
┌─formatDateTime(toDate('2010-01-04'), '%g')─┐
│ 10 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## dateName
Returns specified part of date.
**Syntax**
``` sql
dateName(date_part, date)
```
**Arguments**
- `date_part` — Date part. Possible values: 'year', 'quarter', 'month', 'week', 'dayofyear', 'day', 'weekday', 'hour', 'minute', 'second'. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
- `date` — Date. [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md), [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) or [DateTime64](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime64.md).
- `timezone` — Timezone. Optional. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md).
**Returned value**
- The specified part of date.
Type: [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md#string)
**Example**
Query:
```sql
WITH toDateTime('2021-04-14 11:22:33') AS date_value
SELECT
dateName('year', date_value),
dateName('month', date_value),
dateName('day', date_value);
```
Result:
```text
┌─dateName('year', date_value)─┬─dateName('month', date_value)─┬─dateName('day', date_value)─┐
│ 2021 │ April │ 14 │
└──────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
```
## monthName
Returns name of the month.
**Syntax**
``` sql
monthName(date)
```
**Arguments**
- `date` — Date or date with time. [Date](../../sql-reference/data-types/date.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md).
**Returned value**
- The name of the month.
Type: [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md#string)
**Example**
Query:
```sql
WITH toDateTime('2021-04-14 11:22:33') AS date_value
SELECT monthName(date_value);
```
Result:
```text
┌─monthName(date_value)─┐
│ April │
└───────────────────────┘
```
## FROM\_UNIXTIME
Function converts Unix timestamp to a calendar date and a time of a day. When there is only a single argument of [Integer](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md) type, it acts in the same way as [toDateTime](../../sql-reference/functions/type-conversion-functions.md#todatetime) and return [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md) type.
**Example:**
Query:
```sql
SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(423543535);
```
Result:
```text
┌─FROM_UNIXTIME(423543535)─┐
│ 1983-06-04 10:58:55 │
└──────────────────────────┘
```
When there are two arguments: first is an [Integer](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md) or [DateTime](../../sql-reference/data-types/datetime.md), second is a constant format string — it acts in the same way as [formatDateTime](#formatdatetime) and return [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md#string) type.
For example:
```sql
SELECT FROM_UNIXTIME(1234334543, '%Y-%m-%d %R:%S') AS DateTime;
```
```text
┌─DateTime────────────┐
│ 2009-02-11 14:42:23 │
└─────────────────────┘
```
## toModifiedJulianDay
Converts a [Proleptic Gregorian calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar) date in text form `YYYY-MM-DD` to a [Modified Julian Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day#Variants) number in Int32. This function supports date from `0000-01-01` to `9999-12-31`. It raises an exception if the argument cannot be parsed as a date, or the date is invalid.
**Syntax**
``` sql
toModifiedJulianDay(date)
```
**Arguments**
- `date` — Date in text form. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md) or [FixedString](../../sql-reference/data-types/fixedstring.md).
**Returned value**
- Modified Julian Day number.
Type: [Int32](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT toModifiedJulianDay('2020-01-01');
```
Result:
``` text
┌─toModifiedJulianDay('2020-01-01')─┐
│ 58849 │
└───────────────────────────────────┘
```
## toModifiedJulianDayOrNull
Similar to [toModifiedJulianDay()](#tomodifiedjulianday), but instead of raising exceptions it returns `NULL`.
**Syntax**
``` sql
toModifiedJulianDayOrNull(date)
```
**Arguments**
- `date` — Date in text form. [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md) or [FixedString](../../sql-reference/data-types/fixedstring.md).
**Returned value**
- Modified Julian Day number.
Type: [Nullable(Int32)](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT toModifiedJulianDayOrNull('2020-01-01');
```
Result:
``` text
┌─toModifiedJulianDayOrNull('2020-01-01')─┐
│ 58849 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## fromModifiedJulianDay
Converts a [Modified Julian Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day#Variants) number to a [Proleptic Gregorian calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar) date in text form `YYYY-MM-DD`. This function supports day number from `-678941` to `2973119` (which represent 0000-01-01 and 9999-12-31 respectively). It raises an exception if the day number is outside of the supported range.
**Syntax**
``` sql
fromModifiedJulianDay(day)
```
**Arguments**
- `day` — Modified Julian Day number. [Any integral types](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
**Returned value**
- Date in text form.
Type: [String](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md)
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT fromModifiedJulianDay(58849);
```
Result:
``` text
┌─fromModifiedJulianDay(58849)─┐
│ 2020-01-01 │
└──────────────────────────────┘
```
## fromModifiedJulianDayOrNull
Similar to [fromModifiedJulianDayOrNull()](#frommodifiedjuliandayornull), but instead of raising exceptions it returns `NULL`.
**Syntax**
``` sql
fromModifiedJulianDayOrNull(day)
```
**Arguments**
- `day` — Modified Julian Day number. [Any integral types](../../sql-reference/data-types/int-uint.md).
**Returned value**
- Date in text form.
Type: [Nullable(String)](../../sql-reference/data-types/string.md)
**Example**
Query:
``` sql
SELECT fromModifiedJulianDayOrNull(58849);
```
Result:
``` text
┌─fromModifiedJulianDayOrNull(58849)─┐
│ 2020-01-01 │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
```