European Dot Timestamp (DMY 24h)

datetime.timestamp.dot_dmy_24h

Dot-separated Day.Month.Year with space and 24-hour time. Standard in German, Central European, and Russian systems. SAP and German banking exports frequently use this format.

Domain

datetime

Try it

CLI

$ finetype infer -i "15.01.2024 14:30:00"
→ datetime.timestamp.dot_dmy_24h

DuckDB

Detect

SELECT finetype('15.01.2024 14:30:00');
-- → 'datetime.timestamp.dot_dmy_24h'

Cast expression

strptime({col}, '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S')
-- Format: %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S

Safe cast pipeline

-- Normalise and cast in one step
SELECT TRY_CAST(finetype_cast(my_column) AS TIMESTAMP) AS clean_value
FROM my_table
WHERE finetype(my_column) = 'datetime.timestamp.dot_dmy_24h';

JSON Schema

finetype schema datetime.timestamp.dot_dmy_24h

{
  "$id": "https://meridian.online/schemas/datetime.timestamp.dot_dmy_24h",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "description": "Dot-separated Day.Month.Year with space and 24-hour time. Standard in German, Central European, and Russian systems. SAP and German banking exports frequently use this format.",
  "examples": [
    "15.01.2024 14: 30: 00",
    "31.12.2023 23: 59: 59",
    "01.06.2024 08: 15: 30"
  ],
  "maxLength": 19,
  "minLength": 19,
  "pattern": "^\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d{4} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}$",
  "title": "European Dot Timestamp (DMY 24h)",
  "type": "string",
  "x-finetype-broad-type": "TIMESTAMP",
  "x-finetype-format-string": "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S",
  "x-finetype-transform": "strptime({col}, '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S')"
}

Examples

15.01.2024 14:30:0031.12.2023 23:59:5901.06.2024 08:15:30

Aliases

eu_dot_timestamp