amazon-redshiftHow do I convert an Amazon Redshift timestamp to a date?
The Amazon Redshift timestamp
data type stores a date and time. To convert it to a date
data type, you can use the date_trunc
function. This function truncates the timestamp to the specified date part, in this case day
.
Example code
SELECT date_trunc('day', timestamp_column)
FROM table_name;
The code will return the timestamp converted to a date.
Code explanation
date_trunc('day', timestamp_column)
: This is the function used to convert the timestamp to a date. The first argument is the date part (hereday
) and the second argument is the timestamp column.
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