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Example: SELECT CURRENT DATE - DAYOFWEEK(CURRENT DATE) DAYS

FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1

CHAR Converts a DB2 date, time, timestamp, ROWID, floating point,

integer, or decimal value to a character value.

CONCAT Converts two strings into the concatenation of the two strings.DATE Converts a value representing a date to a DB2 date. The value to

be converted can be a DB2 timestamp, a DB2 date, a positive

integer, or a character string.

DAY Returns the day portion of a DB2 date or timestamp.

DAYOFMONTH Similar to DAY except DAYOFMONTH can not accept a date

duration or time duration as an argument.

DAYOFWEEK Converts a date, timestamp, or string representation of a date ortimestamp into an integer that represents the day of the week.

The value 1 represents Sunday, 2 Monday, 3 Tuesday, 4

Wednesday, 5 Thursday, 6 Friday, and 7 Saturday.

DAYOFYEAR Converts a date, timestamp, or string representation of a date ortimestamp into an integer that represents the day within the

year. The value 1 represents January 1st, 2 January 2nd, and so

on.

DAYS Converts a DB2 date or timestamp into an integer value

representing one more than the number of days since January 1,

0001.

HOUR Returns the hour portion of a time, a timestamp, or a duration.

JULIAN_DAY Converts a DB2 date or timestamp, or character representation

of a date or timestamp, into an integer value representing the

number of days from January 1, 4712 BC to the date specifiedin the argument.

LTRIM Removes the leading blanks from a character string.

MICROSECOND Returns the microsecond component of a timestamp or the

character representation of a timestamp.

MIDNIGHT_SECONDS Returns the number of seconds since midnight for the specified

argument which must be a time, timestamp, or character

representation of a time or timestamp.

MINUTE Returns the minute portion of a time, a timestamp, a character

representation of a time or timestamp, or a duration.

MONTH Returns the month portion of a date, a timestamp, a character

representation of a date or timestamp, or a duration.QUARTER Converts a date, timestamp, or string representation of a date or

timestamp into an integer that represents the quarter within the

year. The value 1 represents first quarter, 2 second quarter, 3third quarter, and 4 fourth quarter.

RTRIM Removes the trailing blanks from a character string.

SECOND Returns the seconds portion of a time, a timestamp, a character

representation of a time or timestamp, or a duration.

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