The date_part and date_diff and date_trunc functions can be used to manipulate the fields of temporal types.
The fields are specified as strings that contain the part name of the field.
Part Specifiers
Below is a full list of all available date part specifiers.
The examples are the corresponding parts of the timestamp 2021-08-03 11:59:44.123456.
Usable as Date Part Specifiers and in Intervals
| Specifier | Description | Synonyms | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
'century' |
Gregorian century | 'cent', 'centuries', 'c' |
21 |
'day' |
Gregorian day | 'days', 'd', 'dayofmonth' |
3 |
'decade' |
Gregorian decade | 'dec', 'decades', 'decs' |
202 |
'hour' |
Hours | 'hr', 'hours', 'hrs', 'h' |
11 |
'microseconds' |
Sub-minute microseconds | 'microsecond', 'us', 'usec', 'usecs', 'usecond', 'useconds' |
44123456 |
'millennium' |
Gregorian millennium | 'mil', 'millenniums', 'millenia', 'mils', 'millenium' |
3 |
'milliseconds' |
Sub-minute milliseconds | 'millisecond', 'ms', 'msec', 'msecs', 'msecond', 'mseconds' |
44123 |
'minute' |
Minutes | 'min', 'minutes', 'mins', 'm' |
59 |
'month' |
Gregorian month | 'mon', 'months', 'mons' |
8 |
'quarter' |
Quarter of the year (1-4) | 'quarters' |
3 |
'second' |
Seconds | 'sec', 'seconds', 'secs', 's' |
44 |
'year' |
Gregorian year | 'yr', 'y', 'years', 'yrs' |
2021 |
Usable in Date Part Specifiers Only
| Specifier | Description | Synonyms | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
'dayofweek' |
Day of the week (Sunday = 0, Saturday = 6) | 'weekday', 'dow' |
2 |
'dayofyear' |
Day of the year (1-365/366) | 'doy' |
215 |
'epoch' |
Seconds since 1970-01-01 | 1627991984 | |
'era' |
Gregorian era (CE/AD, BCE/BC) | 1 | |
'isodow' |
ISO day of the week (Monday = 1, Sunday = 7) | 2 | |
'isoyear' |
ISO Year number (Starts on Monday of week containing Jan 4th) | 2021 | |
'timezone' |
Time zone offset in seconds | 0 | |
'timezone_hour' |
Time zone offset hour portion | 0 | |
'timezone_minute' |
Time zone offset minute portion | 0 | |
'week' |
Week number | 'weeks', 'w' |
31 |
'yearweek' |
ISO year and week number in YYYYWW format |
202131 |
Note that the time zone parts are all zero unless a time zone plugin such as ICU
has been installed to support TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE.
Part Functions
There are dedicated extraction functions to get certain subfields:
| Function | Description | Example | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
century(date) |
Century | century(date '1992-02-15') |
20 |
day(date) |
Day | day(date '1992-02-15') |
15 |
dayofmonth(date) |
Day (synonym) | dayofmonth(date '1992-02-15') |
15 |
dayofweek(date) |
Numeric weekday (Sunday = 0, Saturday = 6) | dayofweek(date '1992-02-15') |
6 |
dayofyear(date) |
Numeric ISO weekday (Monday = 1, Sunday = 7) | isodow(date '1992-02-15') |
46 |
decade(date) |
Decade (year / 10) | decade(date '1992-02-15') |
199 |
epoch(date) |
Seconds since 1970-01-01 | epoch(date '1992-02-15') |
698112000 |
era(date) |
Calendar era | era(date '0044-03-15 (BC)') |
0 |
hour(date) |
Hours | hour(timestamp '2021-08-03 11:59:44.123456') |
11 |
isodow(date) |
Numeric ISO weekday (Monday = 1, Sunday = 7) | isodow(date '1992-02-15') |
6 |
isoyear(date) |
ISO Year number (Starts on Monday of week containing Jan 4th) | isoyear(date '2022-01-01') |
2021 |
microsecond(date) |
Sub-minute microseconds | microsecond(timestamp '2021-08-03 11:59:44.123456') |
44123456 |
millennium(date) |
Millennium | millennium(date '1992-02-15') |
2 |
millisecond(date) |
Sub-minute milliseconds | millisecond(timestamp '2021-08-03 11:59:44.123456') |
44123 |
minute(date) |
Minutes | minute(timestamp '2021-08-03 11:59:44.123456') |
59 |
month(date) |
Month | month(date '1992-02-15') |
2 |
quarter(date) |
Quarter | quarter(date '1992-02-15') |
1 |
second(date) |
Seconds | second(timestamp '2021-08-03 11:59:44.123456') |
44 |
timezone(date) |
Time Zone offset in minutes | timezone(date '1992-02-15') |
0 |
timezone_hour(date) |
Time zone offset hour portion | timezone_hour(date '1992-02-15') |
0 |
timezone_minute(date) |
Time zone offset minutes portion | timezone_minute(date '1992-02-15') |
0 |
week(date) |
ISO Week | week(date '1992-02-15') |
7 |
weekday(date) |
Numeric weekday synonym (Sunday = 0, Saturday = 6) | weekday(date '1992-02-15') |
6 |
weekofyear(date) |
ISO Week (synonym) | weekofyear(date '1992-02-15') |
7 |
year(date) |
Year | year(date '1992-02-15') |
1992 |
yearweek(date) |
BIGINT of combined ISO Year number and 2-digit version of ISO Week number |
yearweek(date '1992-02-15') |
199207 |