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awwitas
Contributor II
Contributor II

Different Text() value for SQL-sourced dates in load script vs chart

After spending the morning identifying the source of a date issue, I have found the following. 

It seems that the <date> field being loaded from a SQL query has a different text value when evaluated in the load script versus when assigned to a variable versus when evaluated in a table/chart. Can someone explain what's happening?

 

Using this load script:

 

 

LIB CONNECT TO 'EDW Dev SSO';

Test:
Load
           DateDT
           ,Num(DateDT) as NumDateDT
            ,Text(DateDT) as TextDateDT
;
sql
select 		cast(getdate() as date) as DateDT
;

let vTextDateDT = Text(peek('DateDT',0,'Test'));

Test2:

Load
		Text(DateDT) as TextDateDT2
Resident Test;      

 

 

 

I get this data back:

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<TextDateDT> is 'Text(DateDT)' evaluated in a preceding load and returns 44684

<Text(DateDT)> is 'Text(DateDT)' evaluated in the table and returns '2022-05-03'

<VarTextDateDT> is 'Text(DateDT)' evaluated using peek() in the load script to get the value of <DateDT> from the table and returns '2022-05-03'

<TextDateDT2> is 'Text(DateDT)' evaluated in a resident load and returns 44684

 

Is the dual value itself changing, or does the function operate differently in chart vs load? I can't find documentation either way.

If it's relevant, I run into exactly the same issue if using timestamps instead of dates.

 

Thanks

 

 

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