title | description | ms.reviewer | ms.topic | ms.date |
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todatetime() |
Learn how to use the todatetime() function to convert the input expression to a datetime value. |
alexans |
reference |
08/11/2024 |
[!INCLUDE applies] [!INCLUDE fabric] [!INCLUDE azure-data-explorer] [!INCLUDE monitor] [!INCLUDE sentinel]
Converts the input to a datetime scalar value.
Note
When possible, use datetime literals instead.
todatetime(
value)
[!INCLUDE syntax-conventions-note]
Name | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
value | scalar | ✔️ | The value to convert to datetime. |
If the conversion is successful, the result will be a datetime value.
Else, the result will be null
.
The following example converts a date and time string into a datetime
value.
:::moniker range="azure-data-explorer"
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Run the query ::: moniker-end
print todatetime("2015-12-31 23:59:59.9")
The following example compares a converted date string to a datetime
value.
:::moniker range="azure-data-explorer"
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Run the query ::: moniker-end
print todatetime('12-02-2022') == datetime('12-02-2022')
Output
print_0 |
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true |