On Jun 12, 2007, at 4:04 , Adam Witney wrote:
> bugasbase_070529=# insert into date_test values('Wed Jul 11 10:51:14
> GMT+01:00 2001');
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: "Wed Jul 11 10:51:14 GMT
> +01:00
> 2001"
> I have found date_trunc and extract in the docs,
Both date_trunc and extract work on date and timestamp datatypes.
What you are looking for is something to convert a string to a date:
to_date should work:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/functions-formatting.html
Michael Glaesemann
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