I am using an SQL Script to parse a json into a table using dbt. One of the cols had this date value: '2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000'. What would be the correct way to define iso date's data type in Snowflake?
Currently, I just used the date
type like this in my dbt sql script:
JSON_DATA:"situation_date"::date AS MY_DATE
but clearly, date
isn't the correct one because later when I test it using select * , I get this error:
SQL Error [100040] [22007]: Date '2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000' is not recognized
so I need to know which Snowflake date data type or datetime type suits the best with this one
Correct pulling the "date from JSON" so not so clear cut:
SELECT
'{"date":"2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000"}' as json_str
,parse_json(json_str) as json
,json:date as data_from_json
,TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP_NTZ(data_from_json, 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS+0000') as date_1
,TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP_NTZ(substr(data_from_json,1,19), 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS') as date_2
;
gives the error:
Function TRY_CAST cannot be used with arguments of types VARIANT and TIMESTAMP_NTZ(9)
Because the type of data_from_json
as VARIANT
and the TO_DATE/TO_TIMESTAMP function expect TEXT
so we need to cast to that
SELECT
'{"date":"2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000"}' as json_str
,parse_json(json_str) as json
,json:date as data_from_json
,TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP_NTZ(data_from_json::text, 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS+0000') as date_1
,TRY_TO_TIMESTAMP_NTZ(substr(data_from_json::text,1,19), 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MI:SS') as date_2
;
If all your timezones are always +0000
you can just put that in the parse format (like example date_1
), OR you can truncate that part off (like example date_2
)
gives:
JSON_STR | JSON | DATA_FROM_JSON | DATE_1 | DATE_2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
{"date":"2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000"} | { "date": "2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000" } | "2022-02-09T20:28:59+0000" | 2022-02-09 20:28:59.000 | 2022-02-09 20:28:59.000 |