Required. The datatype to convert to. Can be one of the following:
Value
Description
DATE
Converts value to DATE. Format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
DATETIME
Converts value to DATETIME.
Format: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS"
DECIMAL
Converts value to DECIMAL. Use the optional M and D parameters
to specify the maximum number of digits (M) and the number of digits
following the decimal point (D).
TIME
Converts value to TIME. Format: "HH:MM:SS"
CHAR
Converts value to CHAR (a fixed length string)
NCHAR
Converts value to NCHAR (like CHAR, but produces a string with
the national character set)
SIGNED
Converts value to SIGNED (a signed 64-bit integer)
UNSIGNED
Converts value to UNSIGNED (an unsigned 64-bit integer)