StringToDate

This node converts a string column to date using the given date/time format

Type

transform

Fields

Name	Title	Description
inputColName	Input Column Name	Input Column Name
inputColFormat	Input Column Format	Input Column Format. eg: yyyy-MM-dd yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
outputColName	Output Column Name	Output Column Name
outputColType	Output Column Type	Output Column Type

Examples -------

Format Examples

dd-MM-yy : 31-01-12 dd-MM-yyyy : 31-01-2012 MM-dd-yyyy : 01-31-2012 yyyy-MM-dd : 2012-01-31 yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss : 2012-01-31 23:59:59 yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS : 2012-01-31 23:59:59.999 yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ : 2012-01-31 23:59:59.999+0100 EEEEE MMMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ : Saturday November 2012 10:45:42.720+0100

OUTPUT COLUMN NAME: - If user inputs an existing column name, it overrides the column
otherwise it will add a new column.

Input

id	date_string	date_string1
0	2011-1-1 00:00:00.0	05/26/2016 01:01:01
1	2012-1-14 01:00:00.0	06/22/2017 01:00:00
2	2013-12-10 02:00:00.0	01/12/2016 01:01:01

Parameters1 ----------

Name	Value
Input Column Name	date_string1
Input Column Format	MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss
Output Column Name	date
Output Column Type	Date

Output1

id	date_string	date_string1	date
0	2011-1-1 00:00:00.0	05/26/2016 01:01:01	2016-05-26
1	2012-1-14 01:00:00.0	06/22/2017 01:00:00	2017-06-22
2	2013-12-10 02:00:00.0	01/12/2016 01:01:01	2016-01-12

Parameters2

Name	Value
Input Column Name	date_string1
Input Column Format	MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss
Output Column Name	date
Output Column Type	TimeStamp

Output2

id	date_string	date_string1	date_timestamp
0	2011-1-1 00:00:00.0	05/26/2016 01:01:01	2016-05-26 01:01:01.0
1	2012-1-14 01:00:00.0	06/22/2017 01:00:00	2017-06-22 01:00:00.0
2	2013-12-10 02:00:00.0	01/12/2016 01:01:01	2016-01-12 01:01:01.0