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Export data from Redshift table to CSV file using dynamic filename with date and time
Login to Redshift -> Choose Redshift table -> Set CSV filename template including date -> Export Redshift to CSV using current date as file name
Choose Redshift and logon.
“Export From Table” for “CSV to Redshift“.
Select CSV file type.
1. Choose Redshift table.
2. Set CSV 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 table data to CSV file. Dynamically created CSV file name using present system time.
After exporting, you can view output CSV files.
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Redshift → CSV reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in CSV |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | 1234 |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | double precision | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | varchar(n) | quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote |
| Long text | varchar(max) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | timestamp | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | (none) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | boolean | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | super | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Redshift is a database server and CSV 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 CSV |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported |
| separator | — | Comma "," |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- CSV has no equivalent for Binary – it has to be flattened or dropped.
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