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

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)