Querying using the datepart from a time stamp in a pass-through Proc SQL

Question

I am trying to use the date part of a time-stamp in my where query in a db2 pass-through proc SQL code below. I tried using date and datepart functions but it wont work with thi

Answer 1

In general, you need to use the correct DB2 syntax. I don't know DB2, but this paper covers this fairly well. Specifically:

PROC SQL; 
CREATE TABLE ONE AS SELECT * FROM CONNECTION TO DB2 
 (SELECT A.ID, A.NAME, B.AMOUNT, B.POSTDATE 
FROM IDS A 
INNER JOIN BANK B 
ON A.ID = B.ID 
WHERE POSTDATE BETWEEN '2007-01-01-00.00.00.000000' 
 AND '2007-09-30-23.59.59.999999')

So it looks like your query would be

PROC SQL; 
   connect to db2(ssid=smtng); 
     select *  from connection to db2 
         (select *  
             from ATable 
          where DATEPART(timestamp) > '2013-12-01-00.00.00.00000'
   FOR READ ONLY WITH UR
    );
DISCONNECT FROM DB2;
QUIT; 

This article from IBM seems to suggest that there are other formats other than timestamp (which is what above is). So you may need to use a different one depending on the exact format.