On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Arup Rakshit <arupraks...@rocketmail.com>
wrote:
> Here is my try :
>
> staging::=> select to_char(created_at,'DD/MM') || '/' ||
> to_char(now(),'YYYY') as when from users;
> when
> ------------
> 24/02/2014
> 28/02/2014
> 02/03/2014
> 01/03/2014
> 04/03/2014
> 02/03/2014
> 06/03/2014
> 07/05/2014
> 02/06/2014
> 06/06/2014
> 20/02/2014
> 20/02/2014
> 20/02/2014
> 20/06/2014
> 20/02/2014
> (15 rows)
>
> Can the same be done using any other clever trick ?
>
What is the data at your disposal when trying to select the current year?
If it is a timestamp, simply use date_part:
=# select date_part('year', now());
date_part
-----------
2014
(1 row)
--
Michael
