hive如何查找函数并查看函数使用方法

我们在使用hive函数时经常会出现对函数名、参数使用及返回值等记忆模糊，然后需要到网上各种查找资料。
今天来教大家一种使用hive命令模糊查找相关函数名称、函数的用法及详细说明并举例，较少大家查找资料的时间，提高效率。

1.查看date相关的函数

show functions like '*date*';
OK
current_date
date_add
date_format
date_sub
datediff
to_date

2.查看datediff函数的用法

desc function datediff;
OK
datediff(date1, date2) - Returns the number of days between date1 and date2
Time taken: 0.03 seconds, Fetched: 1 row(s)

3.查看datediff函数的详细说明并举例

desc function extended datediff;
OK
datediff(date1, date2) - Returns the number of days between date1 and date2
date1 and date2 are strings in the format 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss' or 'yyyy-MM-dd'. The time parts are ignored.If date1 is earlier than date2, the result is negative.
Example:
   > SELECT datediff('2009-07-30', '2009-07-31') FROM src LIMIT 1;
  1
Function class:org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic.GenericUDFDateDiff
Function type:BUILTIN
Time taken: 0.015 seconds, Fetched: 7 row(s)

4.测试

select datediff('2018-12-25', '2018-12-26');
OK
-1
Time taken: 0.128 seconds, Fetched: 1 row(s)