-- timestamp check CREATE TABLE timestamptmp (a timestamp); \copy timestamptmp from 'data/timestamp.data' SET enable_seqscan=on; SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a < '2004-10-26 08:55:08'; count ------- 278 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a <= '2004-10-26 08:55:08'; count ------- 279 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a = '2004-10-26 08:55:08'; count ------- 1 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a >= '2004-10-26 08:55:08'; count ------- 290 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a > '2004-10-26 08:55:08'; count ------- 289 (1 row) CREATE INDEX timestampidx ON timestamptmp USING gist ( a ); SET enable_seqscan=off; SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a < '2004-10-26 08:55:08'::timestamp; count ------- 278 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a <= '2004-10-26 08:55:08'::timestamp; count ------- 279 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a = '2004-10-26 08:55:08'::timestamp; count ------- 1 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a >= '2004-10-26 08:55:08'::timestamp; count ------- 290 (1 row) SELECT count(*) FROM timestamptmp WHERE a > '2004-10-26 08:55:08'::timestamp; count ------- 289 (1 row)