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TO_DATE()
and PgSQL extension FROM_CHAR().
TO_CHAR() routine allow formating text output with a datetime values:
SELECT TO_CHAR('now'::datetime, '"Now is: "HH24:MI:SS');
to_char
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Now is: 21:04:10
FROM_CHAR() routine allow convert text to a datetime:
SELECT FROM_CHAR('September 1999 10:20:30', 'FMMonth YYYY
HH:MI:SS');
from_char
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Wed Sep 01 10:20:30 1999 CEST
TO_DATE() is equal with FROM_CHAR(), but output a Date only:
SELECT TO_DATE('September 1999 10:20:30', 'FMMonth YYYY
HH:MI:SS');
to_date
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09-01-1999
In attache is compressed dir for the contrib. All is prepared, but I'am
not
sure if Makefile is good (probably yes).
Comments & suggestions ?
Thomas, thank you for your good advices.
Karel
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Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>
http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/
TO/FROM CHAR tests
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* rand_datetime
The program 'rand_datetime' output a random datetime strings
(with yaer range 0..9999), you can use this for datetime testing.
You can usage this (example) for table filling.
Usage:
./rand_datetime <randfile> <num> <prefix> <postfix>
Example:
./rand_datetime /dev/urandom 2 "INSERT INTO tab VALUES('" "'::datetime);"
INSERT INTO tab VALUES('Sat 27 Jul 13:08:57 19618'::datetime);
INSERT INTO tab VALUES('Wed 25 Aug 20:31:50 27450'::datetime);
* regress
psql < regress.sql (all answers, must be TRUE, for Posgres
datestyle)
--> TO_DATE() is simular as FROM_CHAR(), but convert full datetime
to date ==> needn't test (?).