Create date efficiently
- by Dave Jarvis
On Pavel's page is the following function:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION makedate(year int, dayofyear int)
RETURNS date AS $$
SELECT (date '0001-01-01' + ($1 - 1) * interval '1 year' + ($2 - 1) * interval '1 day'):: date
$$ LANGUAGE sql;
I have the following code:
makedate(y.year,1)
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