Want to export data from Redshift query result to JSON using current date as file name?
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- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Export Redshift query result to JSON file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Redshift -> Enter Redshift SQL statement -> Set JSON filename template including date -> Export Redshift query to JSON using current date as file name
Choose Redshift and logon.
“Export From Query” for “JSON to Redshift“.
Select JSON file type.
1. Enter Redshift SQL query.
2. Set JSON file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Redshift query results to JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output JSON files.
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Redshift → JSON reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | 1234 (number) |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 (number) |
| Float | double precision | 1.234e10 (number) |
| Text | varchar(n) | "text" (string) |
| Long text | varchar(max) | "multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string) |
| Date | date | "2026-09-18" (string) |
| Datetime | timestamp | "2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string) |
| Binary | (none) | "base64:..." (string) |
| Boolean | boolean | true / false (boolean) |
| JSON | super | nested object or array, kept as structure |
Dialect differences
Redshift is a database server and JSON is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference – the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Redshift | in JSON |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Double quotes; backslash escapes |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p... |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported natively - base64 inside a string |
| separator | — | Braces and commas |
| encoding | — | UTF-8 by definition |
| typing | — | string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Nested objects and arrays |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- JSON has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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