Tag: date_trunc

Waiting for PostgreSQL 14 – Add date_bin function

On 24th of March 2021, Peter Eisentraut committed patch:

Add date_bin function
 
Similar to date_trunc, but allows binning by an arbitrary interval
rather than just full units.
 
Author: John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com>
Reviewed-by: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
Reviewed-by: Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Artur Zakirov <zaartur@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CACPNZCt4buQFRgy6DyjuZS-2aPDpccRkrJBmgUfwYc1KiaXYxg@mail.gmail.com

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How to deal with timestamps?

Every now and then someone asks, on irc or mailing lists, some question which shows deep misunerstanding (or lack of understanding) of timestamps – especially the ones with time zones.

Since I got bitten by this before, let me describe what timestamps are, how to work with them, and what are the most common pitfalls that you can encounter.

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