FORMAT_TIMESTAMP

Format date/timestamp as string (BigQuery FORMAT_TIMESTAMP/FORMAT_DATE convention: pattern first).

Category: Date & Time Functions

Syntax

FORMAT_TIMESTAMP(pattern, date)

Arguments

• pattern varchar [constant] Format string used to render the temporal value as text. Must be a constant expression.
• date temporal Date, time, or timestamp value to evaluate.

Returns

VARCHAR — Returns the computed result as VARCHAR.