Re: Convert date and time colums to datetime

On 10/19/25 07:53, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 10/19/25 07:43, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> The database has a table with separate date and time columns.
>>
>> 1. Are there benefits to merging the two into a single timestamp column?
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> 1) One less column to fetch from.
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> 2) If you really need a timestamp the work is already done, instead of
> building on the fly.
>
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>> 2. If so, how would I do this? (Reading date/time operators and functions
>> doc page hasn't shown me one.)
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> select ('10/19/2025'::date + '07:50'::time)::timestamptz;
>
> timestamptz
> ------------------------
>  2025-10-19 07:50:00-07

Should have added in previous post, the above assumes your current date
and time values are from the server timezone.

>
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Rich
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