Re: to_timestamp alternatives

On 1/1/16 4:11 AM, Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> You only need to provide the text value to be casted (no format mask).
> Use only a single expression without those unnecessary parentheses:
>
>      SELECT gmt_date||' '||lpad(gmt_time,8,'0')::timestamp
>
> You don't need the lpad() either:
>
>      SELECT gmt_date||' '||gmt_time::timestamp

I suspect you need to wrap that in (). Even if the parser does the right
thing there, it'd certainly make the intent a lot clearer.

SELECT (gmt_date || ' ' || gmt_time)::timestamp
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