Re: Timestamp comparison with string in some special cases

Dragan Matic <mlists(at)panforma(dot)co(dot)yu> schrieb:

> I have just found out that when comparing timestamp with time value where
> time value is represented in 24h format + AM/PM sign doesn't work always.
> for instance, the following query works in this format:
>
> select * from table where timestamp_column < '11/19/2007 3:46:09 PM'

This isn't a timestamp, this is a simple string. But you can CAST it to
a TIMESTAMP:

test=*# select now() > '11/19/2007 3:46:09 PM'::timestamp;
?column?
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t

Andreas
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