PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet/Generate date series

Generate date or timestamp ranges without a table.

Section: JSONB, Arrays, and Date/Time Recipes

Generate date series

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SELECT generate_series(date '2026-01-01', date '2026-01-07', interval '1 day');
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