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4.6. Escaped Literal Syntax

Rather than relying on implicit conversion, data type values may be expressed directly in SQL using escape syntax to define the type. Note that the supplied string value must match the expected format exactly or an exception will occur.
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Table 4.3. Escaped Literal Syntax
Data type Escaped Syntax
DATE {d 'yyyy-mm-dd'}
TIME {t 'hh-mm-ss'}
TIMESTAMP {ts 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.[fff...]'}
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