Re: Get date timestamp(3) without time zone column - PGSQL 9.5

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> You might want to share the version of PostgreSQL you are using.
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> You might want to try date_trunc and AT TIMEZONE function/operators-
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> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/functions-
> datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-TRUNC
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> SELECT date_trunc('day', tasks_start at TIME ZONE 'EST')
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> Note: I have not tried this statement
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> Is this something you are going to use often? If that is the case then
> consider to re-model your query. The moment you use an expression on a
> column it would not use a normal BTree index.
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Hmm... I see....

select date_trunc('day', TIMESTAMP '2016-08-10') FROM tasks

And I get:

2016-08-10 00:00:00

I actually need just the date 2016-08-10, without 00:00:00...
Any idea?

Cheers
Patrick