PostgreSQL Time Formatting: to_char() Guide

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
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You can use the to_char() function in PostgreSQL to format time. Here are some common time formatting styles:

  1. Format the current timestamp as ‘YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS’.
  2. Format the current date as ‘YYYY-MM-DD’.
  3. Format the current time as hours, minutes, and seconds in a 24-hour format.

You can customize the time format as needed, specific time format styles can be referred to in the PostgreSQL official documentation: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-formatting.html

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SELECT to_char(current_timestamp, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');

This will return a formatted string of the current time, such as 2021-09-08 15:30:45.

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