DB2 Date format

Question

I just want to format current date into yyyymmdd in DB2.

I see the date formats available, but how can I use them?

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Answer 1

Current date is in yyyy-mm-dd format. You can convert it into yyyymmdd format using substring function:

select substr(current date,1,4)||substr(current date,6,2)||substr(currentdate,9,2)