Question

Is it possible to have a query in DB2 that compares a value in a text field to the current system date?

select *   
  from table  
 where DOB < [current system time]

Answer 1

Based on your question, I’m guessing that your column has data formatted like this:

‘DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS’

If you are using DB2 9.7 and higher, you can use to_date, which is a lot like Oracle’s to_date

 select 
 *
from
 table where 
 date(to_date(time_stamp,'DD-MM-YYYY HH:MI:SS')) < [current system time]

i haven’t tested the above query.