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date_format in postresql

From
azah azah
Date:
Hi,
I want convert from mysql to postresql,
in mysql, query to database using the code as below:

date_format(submittime, "%W %M %e, %Y - %r")

what the format query in postresql? Anyone who can help me?

Thanks
-Azah-

Re: date_format in postresql

From
Rod Taylor
Date:
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:55, azah azah wrote:
> Hi,
> I want convert from mysql to postresql,
> in mysql, query to database using the code as below:
> 
> date_format(submittime, "%W %M %e, %Y - %r")

to_char(submittime, 'format string')

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-formatting.html

Re: date_format in postresql

From
azah azah
Date:
Thanks Chris and Rod.

I think I have a problem because not many function existing in
postresql that i installed.
How can i get all the build-in functions because the basic function
to_char is not existing in the database?

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:39:38 -0400, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:55, azah azah wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want convert from mysql to postresql,
> > in mysql, query to database using the code as below:
> >
> > date_format(submittime, "%W %M %e, %Y - %r")
> 
> to_char(submittime, 'format string')
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-formatting.html
> 
> 
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
>       joining column's datatypes do not match
>

Re: date_format in postresql

From
Frank Bax
Date:
Check your version with:        select version();
In the meantime, you could try        date_part('epoch', submittime)
which will return a unix timestamp, you could then use functions within 
your scripting language to convert to human readable date formats.

Frank

At 11:53 PM 7/20/04, azah azah wrote:

>Thanks Chris and Rod.
>
>I think I have a problem because not many function existing in
>postresql that i installed.
>How can i get all the build-in functions because the basic function
>to_char is not existing in the database?
>
>On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:39:38 -0400, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:55, azah azah wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I want convert from mysql to postresql,
> > > in mysql, query to database using the code as below:
> > >
> > > date_format(submittime, "%W %M %e, %Y - %r")
> >
> > to_char(submittime, 'format string')
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-formatting.html
> >

Re: date_format in postresql

From
Rod Taylor
Date:
On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 23:53, azah azah wrote:
> Thanks Chris and Rod.
> 
> I think I have a problem because not many function existing in
> postresql that i installed.
> How can i get all the build-in functions because the basic function
> to_char is not existing in the database?

Which version of PostgreSQL are you using?

select version();

> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:39:38 -0400, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:55, azah azah wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I want convert from mysql to postresql,
> > > in mysql, query to database using the code as below:
> > >
> > > date_format(submittime, "%W %M %e, %Y - %r")
> > 
> > to_char(submittime, 'format string')
> > 
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-formatting.html
> > 
> > 
> > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
> >       joining column's datatypes do not match
> >

Re: date_format in postresql

From
azah azah
Date:
Hi all, 
Successful solved.
I'm just using to_timestamp function.

Thanks

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:45:27 -0400, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 23:53, azah azah wrote:
> > Thanks Chris and Rod.
> >
> > I think I have a problem because not many function existing in
> > postresql that i installed.
> > How can i get all the build-in functions because the basic function
> > to_char is not existing in the database?
> 
> Which version of PostgreSQL are you using?
> 
> select version();
> 
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:39:38 -0400, Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 20:55, azah azah wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I want convert from mysql to postresql,
> > > > in mysql, query to database using the code as below:
> > > >
> > > > date_format(submittime, "%W %M %e, %Y - %r")
> > >
> > > to_char(submittime, 'format string')
> > >
> > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-formatting.html
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> > > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
> > >       joining column's datatypes do not match
> > >
> 
>