Re: [SQL] Formatting current_time output

2002-10-03 Thread Karel Zak
On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 10:46:19AM -0400, Thomas Good wrote: > > SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle > SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL SELECT TO_CHAR(now(),'HH:MI AM'); -- PostgreSQL :-) -- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h

Re: [SQL] Formatting current_time output

2002-10-03 Thread Thomas Good
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Josh Berkus wrote: > Thomas, > > > SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle > > SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL > > > > Returned: 10:58 AM > > > > I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. > > Is there a function I h

Re: [SQL] Formatting current_time output

2002-10-03 Thread Charles H. Woloszynski
On 7.2.2, you can use select to_char(now(), 'HH12:MI AM'); (using current_time raises an error, but now() works fine). Charlie Josh Berkus wrote: >Thomas, > > > >>SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle >>SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL >> >>Returned:

Re: [SQL] Formatting current_time output

2002-10-03 Thread Achilleus Mantzios
SELECT to_char(now(), 'HH24:MI AM'); (in 7.2.1) == Achilleus Mantzios S/W Engineer IT dept Dynacom Tankers Mngmt Nikis 4, Glyfada Athens 16610 Greece tel:+30-10-8981112 fax:+30-10-8981877 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [E

Re: [SQL] Formatting current_time output

2002-10-03 Thread Josh Berkus
Thomas, > SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle > SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL > > Returned: 10:58 AM > > I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. > Is there a function I haven't found? Um, what's wrong with: SELECT to_char(cu

[SQL] Formatting current_time output

2002-10-03 Thread Thomas Good
Hi. Anyone have any tips on how I can approximate the following: SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'HH:MI AM') FROM DUAL; -- Oracle SELECT TIME_FORMAT(current_time,'%l:%i %p'); -- MySQL Returned: 10:58 AM I've found lpad(current_time,5); which gets me 1/3 of the way. Is there a function I haven't foun