snowflake.snowpark.functions.date_format

snowflake.snowpark.functions.date_format(c: Union[Column, str], fmt: Union[Column, str]) → Column[source]

Converts an input expression into the corresponding date in the specified date format.

Example::
>>> df = session.create_dataframe([("2023-10-10",), ("2022-05-15",), ("invalid",)], schema=['date'])
>>> df.select(date_format('date', 'YYYY/MM/DD').as_('formatted_date')).show()
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|"FORMATTED_DATE"  |
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|2023/10/10        |
|2022/05/15        |
|NULL              |
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Example::
>>> df = session.create_dataframe([("2023-10-10 15:30:00",), ("2022-05-15 10:45:00",)], schema=['timestamp'])
>>> df.select(date_format('timestamp', 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mi:ss').as_('formatted_ts')).show()
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|"FORMATTED_TS"       |
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|2023/10/10 15:30:00  |
|2022/05/15 10:45:00  |
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Example::
>>> df = session.sql("select '2023-10-10'::DATE as date_col, '2023-10-10 15:30:00'::TIMESTAMP as timestamp_col")
>>> df.select(
...     date_format('date_col', 'YYYY/MM/DD').as_('formatted_dt'),
...     date_format('timestamp_col', 'YYYY/MM/DD HH:mi:ss').as_('formatted_ts')
... ).show()
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|"FORMATTED_DT"  |"FORMATTED_TS"       |
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|2023/10/10      |2023/10/10 15:30:00  |
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