Re: [GENERAL] Q: How to convert int to date?

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mattias Kregert wrote:

> How do I convert INTEGER to DATE in 6.3.2?
>
> I have a table 'mytbl' with a column 'd' which is
> an integer, containing dates in YYMMDD form. Now,
> how do I convert these integer dates to date dates?
>
> I tried...
>   ALTER TABLE mytbl ADD COLUMN dd date;
>   UPDATE mytbl SET dd=date(d+1900);
> ...but there is no int-to-date function!

Forget my first reply, there is no date(text) function either...

But you can do that :

test=> select test, (test+19000000)::text::datetime::date from testint;
  test|      date
------+----------
980101|01-01-1998
971121|21-11-1997
720306|06-03-1972
(3 rows)

The test field is a int4 field, so you can do that (not very nice, but it
works) :)

Hope this helps !

Patrice

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