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    Categories: Date/Time

    SECOND

    Extracts the second number (from 0 to 59) for a given date or timestamp.

    Syntax

    EXTRACT(SECOND FROM date_timestamp_expression string) → bigint

    • timestamp_expression: A TIME, TIMESTAMP, or DATE expression.

    Examples

    SECOND example using a timestamp
    SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM TIMESTAMP '2019-08-12 01:10:30.123456')
    -- 1
    
    SECOND example using a time
    SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM TIME '01:10:30.123456')
    -- 1
    
    SECOND example using the CAST function
    SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM CAST('2019-08-12 01:10:30' AS TIMESTAMP))
    -- 1
    

    Usage Notes

    This function uses the EXTRACT function. When using the CAST function, timestamps containing milliseconds are not allowed.