Re: timestamp to date and time column migration

[Bill Totman <totman(at)gmail(dot)com>]

It more than helps: it opens all kinds of possibilities.

So, my question now is:

Should I have designed the database with a 'date' and 'time' columns from the 
beginning (vs. just a timestamp)?

Thank you very much,
Bill Totman

On Sunday 29 July 2007 18:26, you wrote:
> I believe casting the timestamp to time (or timetz) and date will do  
> what you want:
>
> test=# select current_timestamp, current_timestamp::timetz,  
> current_timestamp::date;
>                now              |        now         |    now
> -------------------------------+--------------------+------------
> 2007-07-29 18:16:49.643542-05 | 18:16:49.643542-05 | 2007-07-29
> (1 row)
>
> If both date and time are important, I'd recommend keeping them in a  
> timestamp and decomposing when you need to. Depending on what kinds  
> of queries are performed, you may also want to look into using  
> expressional indexes, such as:
>
> CREATE INDEX timestamptz_col_date_idx ON foo (timestamptz_col::date);
> CREATE INDEX timestamptz_col_timetz_idx ON foo  
> (timestamptz_col::timetz);
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm seespotcode net

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