Re: problem with selects based on dates - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 05:15:50PM +1000, Mike Withers wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I have a problem with SELECTs using dates and WHERE.
> Some examples:
>
> db2001=# SELECT * FROM emp WHERE hiredate > 1981;

1981 is not a valid date.

> db2001=# SELECT * FROM emp WHERE hiredate > 1981-01-01;

1981-01-01 = 1979 which is also not a valid date.

Try putting quotes around the date, like:

SELECT * FROM emp WHERE hiredate > '1981-01-01';

You'll find it works much better.
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