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How to fix SQL-Toolkit to display date/time in correct format

SQL-Toolkit. Time / date queries. Format.

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Direct SQL Query on a database returns date in the following format

Geneos - How to fix SQL-Toolkit to display date/time in correct format

Result in Geneos dataview - this does not show the time in seconds format as per query above

Geneos - How to fix SQL-Toolkit to display date/time in correct format

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The SQL query needs to be amended to include formatting codes.

Example - MYSQL query - should include FROM_UNIXTIME(e.timestamp,’%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%S’) instead of FROM_UNIXTIME(e.timestamp)

select e.ref,e.timestamp,FROM_UNIXTIME(e.timestamp),FROM_UNIXTIME(e.timestamp,'%Y-%m-%d %H:%i:%S')from event_table e,node_ref_table n where e.node_ref=n.ref order by timestamp desc limit 300, 500;

Geneos - How to fix SQL-Toolkit to display date/time in correct format

Geneos - How to fix SQL-Toolkit to display date/time in correct format

Note - this is an example MY-SQL query the syntax may differ across different database flavours.

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