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Converting dates

In this scenario, you are on the data integration team at an e-commerce retail store. You have a fact_table that has been imported from a file. The fact table has a product id field and a create_date text field containing the date that id was created. It is available in the console.

Your task is to create a format string for tables that correctly parses the date field.

This exercise is part of the course

Time Series Analysis in PostgreSQL

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Exercise instructions

  • Convert the create_date text field into a date field using the correct formatting.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

-- Convert the create_date text field into dates
SELECT 
    id, 
    ___(create_date, '___') AS create_date
FROM fact_table
ORDER BY id, create_date;
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