Re: Splitting Timestamps

revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com ("Chris Hoover") writes:
> I have several columns in my database that are timestamps.  My
> developers are asking me how to split the timestamp so that they can
> look at either the date or at the time portion. I know I can do a
> select to_date(now(),'yyyy-mm-dd') and it will return the date. 
> However, how do I get the time?  Also, is this the proper way to get
> the date portion of a timestamp? Thanks, Chris

Look at the function date_part(time_type, timestamp)
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