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Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics will no longer be open to new customers starting June 20, 2025. If you would like to use Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics, sign up prior to that date. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics availability change.

Conversion functions

Timestream for LiveAnalytics supports the following conversion functions.

cast()

The syntax of the cast function to explicitly cast a value as a type is as follows.

cast(value AS type)

try_cast()

Timestream for LiveAnalytics also supports the try_cast function that is similar to cast but returns null if cast fails. The syntax is as follows.

try_cast(value AS type)