Re: Extract date from a TIMESTAMP(6) WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL column

On 22-09-2016 12:37, Patrick B wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm using postgres 9.2 and got the following column:
>
>     start TIMESTAMP(6) WITHOUT TIME ZONE NOT NULL
>
>
>     SELECT start FROM test1;
>
>
> 2015-12-18 02:40:00
>
>  I need to split that date into two columns on my select:
>
> 2015-12-18 = date column
> 02:40:00 = time column
>
> How can I do that without modifying any column/data?
> Maybe in a select?

TO_CHAR() is your friend:

  https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-formatting.html

Regards

Ian Barwick


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