DB2 从 YYYYMMDD 转换为日期

Question

我有一列将日期存储为格式为“YYYYMMDD”的字符。现在我想将其转换为真实日期。我试过

select cast (DATEFIELD as DATE) as MyDate

但它只返回YYYYMMDD标记为“DATE”的旧格式。我究竟做错了什么？

Answer 1

SELECT TIMESTAMP_FORMAT("DATEFIELD",'YYYYMMDD') as "MyDate"