Re: changing column datatype from char(20) to timestamp

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Lonni J Friedman" <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: changing column datatype from char(20) to timestamp
Date: 2008-04-29 17:46:23
Message-ID: 3615.1209491183@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Lonni J Friedman" <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Unfortunately, I can't just do:
> ALTER TABLE data ALTER COLUMN date_created TYPE timestamp ;

> since the data is currently in this format:
> 04-29-2008 10:03:28

I think you're just missing an explicit cast:

ALTER TABLE data ALTER COLUMN date_created TYPE timestamp USING date_created::timestamp;

You should first check that datestyle is set to MDY to avoid
any confusion about the field order, but other than that I don't
see why you'd have a format problem.

regards, tom lane

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