DATE_CMP_TIMESTAMPTZ function - Amazon Redshift
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DATE_CMP_TIMESTAMPTZ function

DATE_CMP_TIMESTAMPTZ compares a date to a timestamp with time zone and returns 0 if the values are identical, 1 if date is greater chronologically and -1 if timestamptz is greater.

Syntax

DATE_CMP_TIMESTAMPTZ(date, timestamptz)

Arguments

date

A column of data type DATE or an expression that implicitly evaluates to a DATE type.

timestamptz

A column of data type TIMESTAMPTZ or an expression that implicitly evaluates to a TIMESTAMPTZ type.

Return type

INTEGER

Examples

The following example compares the date 2008-06-18 to LISTTIME. Listings made before this date return 1; listings made after this date return -1.

select listid, '2008-06-18', CAST(listtime AS timestamptz), date_cmp_timestamptz('2008-06-18', CAST(listtime AS timestamptz)) from listing order by 1, 2, 3, 4 limit 10; listid | ?column? | timestamptz | date_cmp_timestamptz --------+------------+------------------------+---------------------- 1 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-01-24 06:43:29+00 | 1 2 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-03-05 12:25:29+00 | 1 3 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-11-01 07:35:33+00 | -1 4 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-05-24 01:18:37+00 | 1 5 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-05-17 02:29:11+00 | 1 6 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-08-15 02:08:13+00 | -1 7 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-11-15 09:38:15+00 | -1 8 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-11-09 05:07:30+00 | -1 9 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-09-09 08:03:36+00 | -1 10 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-06-17 09:44:54+00 | 1 (10 rows)