Re: Query not producing expected result

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Chuck Martin <clmartin(at)theombudsman(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Query not producing expected result
Date: 2019-05-01 16:41:24
Message-ID: 25696.1556728884@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Chuck Martin <clmartin(at)theombudsman(dot)com> writes:
> I need help figuring out why a query is not returning the records I expect
> it to. I'm searching on a DateTime column (timestamp without time zone -
> not nullable). The query includes:

> AND event.Primaryresp_fkey = 5000011 AND event.DateTime <= 'May-1-2019'
> AND event.EventDone < 1

> This does not return a record that has a DateTime value "May 1, 2019 9:52
> AM".

Well, no, since the implied value of the constant is 'May-1-2019 00:00'.

If you only want 1-day precision of the comparison, maybe you should cast
or truncate the timestamp down to date.

regards, tom lane

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