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TIME Columns

HOUR(<column>) - returns the hours part of each record's time

MINUTE(<column>) - returns the minutes part of each record

SECOND(<column>) - return the seconds part of each record

Hours are returned in 24-hour format. For example: given a table of bank transactions, to find all the transactions that took place between 9am and 3pm use the following:

SELECT Count(*)

FROM Transaction

WHERE HOUR( transaction_time ) BETWEEN 9 and 15;

Special function for Text columns containing US zip codes/UK post code fields:

PAREA(<column>) - returns the Postal Area code for each record.

PDIST(<column>) - returns the Postal District code for each record.

SORTFORMAT(<column>) - converts the postcode to Sort Format.

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