SQL Standard

datetime.timestamp.sql_standard

Common SQL datetime format used in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DuckDB. Space-separated date and time without timezone.

Domain

datetime

Try it

CLI

$ finetype infer -i "2024-01-15 10:30:00"
→ datetime.timestamp.sql_standard

DuckDB

Detect

SELECT finetype('2024-01-15 10:30:00');
-- → 'datetime.timestamp.sql_standard'

Cast expression

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

JSON Schema

finetype schema datetime.timestamp.sql_standard

{
  "$id": "https://meridian.online/schemas/datetime.timestamp.sql_standard",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "description": "Common SQL datetime format used in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DuckDB. Space-separated date and time without timezone.",
  "examples": [
    "2024-01-15 10: 30: 00",
    "2019-12-31 23: 59: 59"
  ],
  "maxLength": 19,
  "minLength": 19,
  "pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}$",
  "title": "SQL Standard",
  "type": "string",
  "x-finetype-broad-type": "TIMESTAMP",
  "x-finetype-format-string": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
  "x-finetype-transform": "strptime({col}, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
}

Examples

2024-01-15 10:30:002019-12-31 23:59:59