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# TIMESTAMP\$1CMP\$1DATE function
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TIMESTAMP\$1CMP\$1DATE compares the value of a timestamp and a date. If the timestamp and date values are identical, the function returns `0`. If the timestamp is greater chronologically, the function returns `1`. If the date is greater, the function returns `-1`.

## Syntax
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```
TIMESTAMP_CMP_DATE(timestamp, date)
```

## Arguments
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 *timestamp*   
A column of data type `TIMESTAMP` or an expression that implicitly evaluates to a `TIMESTAMP` type.

 *date*   
A column of data type `DATE` or an expression that implicitly evaluates to a `DATE` type.

## Return type
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INTEGER

## Examples
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The following example compares LISTTIME to the date `2008-06-18`. Listings made after this date return `1`; listings made before this date return `-1`. LISTTIME values are timestamps.

```
select listid, listtime,
timestamp_cmp_date(listtime, '2008-06-18')
from listing
order by 1, 2, 3
limit 10;


 listid |      listtime       | timestamp_cmp_date
--------+---------------------+--------------------
      1 | 2008-01-24 06:43:29 |              -1
      2 | 2008-03-05 12:25:29 |              -1
      3 | 2008-11-01 07:35:33 |               1
      4 | 2008-05-24 01:18:37 |              -1
      5 | 2008-05-17 02:29:11 |              -1
      6 | 2008-08-15 02:08:13 |               1
      7 | 2008-11-15 09:38:15 |               1
      8 | 2008-11-09 05:07:30 |               1
      9 | 2008-09-09 08:03:36 |               1
     10 | 2008-06-17 09:44:54 |              -1
(10 rows)
```