1. Calculation and Query Reference for Oracle Essbase
  2. Calculation Functions
  3. Calculation Function List
  4. @TODATEEX

@TODATEEX

The @TODATEEX calculation function for Essbase returns the numeric date value from input date string according to the date format specified.

The date returned is the number of seconds elapsed since midnight, January 1, 1970.

If the date or the date format strings are invalid, an error is returned.

Syntax

@TODATEEX(date_format_string, string)

Parameters

date_format_string

One of the following literal strings (excluding ordered-list numbers and parenthetical examples) indicating a supported date format.

  1. "mon dd yyyy" (Example: mon = Aug)

  2. "Month dd yyyy" (Example: Month = August)

  3. "mm/dd/yy"

  4. "mm/dd/yyyy"

  5. "yy.mm.dd"

  6. "dd/mm/yy"

  7. "dd.mm.yy"

  8. "dd-mm-yy"

  9. "dd Month yy"

  10. "dd mon yy"

  11. "Month dd, yy"

  12. "mon dd, yy"

  13. "mm-dd-yy"

  14. "yy/mm/dd"

  15. "yymmdd"

  16. "dd Month yyyy"

  17. "dd mon yyyy"

  18. "yyyy-mm-dd"

  19. "yyyy/mm/dd"

  20. Long format (Example: WeekDay, Mon dd, yyyy)

  21. Short format (Example: m/d/yy)

string

A date string following the rules of internal-date-format. The following examples correspond to the above listed internal date formats.

  1. Jan 15 2024

  2. January 15 2024

  3. 01/15/24

  4. 01/15/2024

  5. 24.01.15

  6. 15/01/24

  7. 15.01.24

  8. 15-01-24

  9. 15 January 24

  10. 15 Jan 24

  11. January 15 24

  12. Jan 15 24

  13. 01-15-24

  14. 24/01/15

  15. 240115

  16. 15 January 2024

  17. 15 Jan 2024

  18. 2024-01-15

  19. 2024/01/15

  20. Sunday, January 15, 2024

  21. 1/8/24 (m/d/yy)

Notes

  • This function is case-sensitive. For example, using apr instead of Apr returns an error.

  • Using extra whitespace not included in the internal format strings returns an error.

  • Trailing characters after the date format has been satisfied are ignored. If you erroneously use a date string of 06/20/2024 with date format mm/dd/yy, the trailing 24 is ignored and the date is interpreted as June 20, 2020.

  • Long Format (Weekday, Mon dd, yyyy) is not verified for a day-of-week match to the given date.

    For example: For date string Sunday, March 13, 2025 with date format Long Format, the input date string is parsed correctly for March 13, 2025, although March 13, 2025 does not fall on Sunday.

  • If you specify a date that is earlier than 01-01-1970, this function returns an error.

  • When the yy format is used, this function interprets years in the range 1970 to 2029.

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