How to convert Athena timestamp to string

Question

I am using following code:

select date_col::TEXT from table1;

Error:

identifiers must not contain ':' (service: amazonathena; status code: 400; error code: invalidrequestexception; request id: 0445a8ab-7bbc-4db2-bb6d-4d8b48bebd1f; proxy: null)

Answer 1

Can you try select cast(date_col as varchar) from table1;