# name: benchmark/micro/cast/cast_timestamp_string.benchmark
# description: Cast timestamp values to string
# group: [cast]

name Cast TIMESTAMP -> VARCHAR
group cast

load
CREATE TABLE timestamps AS SELECT TIMESTAMP '1992-01-01 12:00:00' + (i % 10000) * interval '1' day AS d FROM generate_series(0, 10000000, 1) tbl(i);

run
SELECT MIN(CAST(d AS STRING)) FROM timestamps;

result I
1992-01-01 12:00:00