make_date function

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Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime

Creates a date from year, month, and day fields.

Syntax

make_date(year, month, day)

Arguments

  • year: An INTEGER expression evaluating to a value from 1 to 9999.
  • month: An INTEGER expression evaluating to a value from 1 (January) to 12 (December).
  • day: An INTEGER expression evaluating to a value from 1 to 31.

Returns

A DATE.

In Databricks SQL, if any of the arguments is out of bounds, the result is NULL.

In Databricks Runtime, if any of the arguments are out of bounds, the function returns an error unless spark.sql.ansi.enabled is false, in which case the function returns NULL.

Examples

> SELECT make_date(2013, 7, 15);
 2013-07-15
> SELECT make_date(2019, 13, 1);
 NULL
> SELECT make_date(2019, 7, NULL);
 NULL
> SELECT make_date(2019, 2, 30);
 NULL