# name: benchmark/micro/cast/cast_date_string.benchmark # description: Cast date values to string # group: [cast] name Cast DATE -> VARCHAR group cast load CREATE TABLE dates AS SELECT DATE '1992-01-01' + interval (i % 10000) days AS d FROM range(0, 10000000) tbl(i); run SELECT MIN(CAST(d AS VARCHAR)) FROM dates result I 1992-01-01 00:00:00