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Convert Numeric Value to Date Format



                                                                                                                                                                      
Scenario:
Suppose you are importing a flat file emp.csv and hire_date colummn is in numeric format, like 20101111 .Our objective is convert it to date,with a format 'YYYYMMDD'.
 Source
  EMPNO       HIRE_DATE(numeric)         
  -------            -----------
     1                20101111
     2                20090909
Target
EMPNO            HIRE_DATE (date)        
 ------                   -----------
     1                   11/11/2010
     2                    09/09/2009

Solution:

  1. Connect SQF to an expression.
  2. In expression make hire_date as input only and make another port hire_date1 as o/p port with date data type.
  3. In o/p port of hire_date write condition like as below
          TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(hire_date),’YYYYMMDD’)


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