Re: formatting current_timestamp

Try to_char:

select to_char(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'As text: FMDay FMMonth FMDD\n"A date:"
YYYY-MM-DD\nA time: HH:MM:SS');
to_char
-----------------------------------------------------------------
As text: Friday December 13
A date: 2002-12-13
A time: 12:12:05
(1 row)

Of course, pick from the many formatting options that suit your need (Note:
preceeding an option with 'FM' trims of excess spaces and you may have to
quote things that could be incorrectly interpreted as formatting (the 'd' in
"A date" for example would be replaced with the day of week if not quoted).

Cheers,
Steve

On Friday 13 December 2002 12:03 pm, Gallamine wrote:
> Is there anyway that I can format CURRENT_TIMESTAMP so all it gives me is
> the data and not the long hours;minutes;seconds part? I like to use it to
> give a time to things put in the DB but the string is a little long for my
> likeing.
> -William
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