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Re: How to convert postgres timestamp to date: yyyy-mm-dd

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am  Tue, dem 11.03.2008, um 10:51:21 -0700 mailte CaseT folgendes:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm a novice but learning quickly and I'm stumped on how to do this.
> 
> I need to convert postgres timestamp to date format yyyy-mm-dd in a
> sql statement.
> pt.created_date below is timestamp format
> 
> i.e ... WHERE pt.created_date >=  '2008-01-21'

You can't compare a date or timestamp to a varchar or text. For your
example, cast the date-string to a real date like:

  ... WHERE pt.created_date >=  '2008-01-21'::date


Consider also functions like to_date(), see:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-formatting.html


Andreas
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