pears.NetStringToTimestamp [iqx]

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====== pears.NetStringToTimestamp ======
<WRAP center round info>
Generated schema reference. Regenerate this page from the SQL unload; keep hand-maintained business notes in the narrative namespace.
</WRAP>

===== Original SQL =====
<code sql>
create function "pears"."NetStringToTimestamp"( in "sDateTime" char(25) ) 
returns timestamp
begin
  set "sDateTime" = "trim"("sDateTime"); -- remove trailing and leading white space
  if "sDateTime" regexp '^\\d{4}\\-\\d{2}\\-\\d{2}(T|\\040)\\d{2}:\\d{2}($|Z$|\\+00:00$|:\\d{2}($|Z$|\\+00:00$))' then -- check to make sure it is formatted correctly
    set "sDateTime" = "REPLACE"("sDateTime",'T',' ');
    set "sDateTime" = "REPLACE"("sDateTime",'Z','');
    set "sDateTime" = "REPLACE"("sDateTime",'+00:00','');
    return convert(timestamp,"sDateTime",120)
  else
    return null
  end if
end /* DOC
2018-08-03 ET create function which to change ISO string to timestamp.  ISO string may include or not include seconds.
*/
</code>