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# DATE\_CMP\_TIMESTAMP function
DATE\_CMP\_TIMESTAMP compares a date to a timestamp and returns `0` if the values are identical, `1` if *date* is greater chronologically and `-1` if *timestamp* is greater.
## Syntax
```
DATE_CMP_TIMESTAMP(date, timestamp)
```
## Arguments
*date*
A column of data type `DATE` or an expression that evaluates to a `DATE` type.
*timestamp*
A column of data type `TIMESTAMP` or an expression that evaluates to a `TIMESTAMP` type.
## Return type
INTEGER
## Examples
The following example compares the date `2008-06-18` to LISTTIME. The values of the column LISTTIME are timestamps. Listings made before this date return `1`; listings made after this date return `-1`.
```
select listid, '2008-06-18', listtime,
date_cmp_timestamp('2008-06-18', listtime)
from listing
order by 1, 2, 3, 4
limit 10;
listid | ?column? | listtime | date_cmp_timestamp
--------+------------+---------------------+--------------------
1 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-01-24 06:43:29 | 1
2 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-03-05 12:25:29 | 1
3 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-11-01 07:35:33 | -1
4 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-05-24 01:18:37 | 1
5 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-05-17 02:29:11 | 1
6 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-08-15 02:08:13 | -1
7 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-11-15 09:38:15 | -1
8 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-11-09 05:07:30 | -1
9 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-09-09 08:03:36 | -1
10 | 2008-06-18 | 2008-06-17 09:44:54 | 1
(10 rows)
```