Fix: make start_date an actual date and add start_dt

Author: tobymao

docs/concepts/macros.md

@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ Variables:
     * @end_date
     * @latest_date
 
+* datetime
+    * @start_dt
+    * @end_dt
+    * @latest_dt
+
 * ds
     * @start_ds
     * @end_ds

sqlmesh/utils/date.py

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def to_date(value: TimeLike, relative_base: t.Optional[datetime] = None) -> date
 
 def date_dict(
     start: TimeLike, end: TimeLike, latest: TimeLike, only_latest: bool = False
-) -> t.Dict[str, t.Union[str, datetime, float, int]]:
+) -> t.Dict[str, t.Union[str, datetime, date, float, int]]:
     """Creates a kwarg dictionary of datetime variables for use in SQL Contexts.
 
     Keys are like start_date, start_ds, end_date, end_ds...
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def date_dict(
     Returns:
         A dictionary with various keys pointing to datetime formats.
     """
-    kwargs: t.Dict[str, t.Union[str, datetime, float, int]] = {}
+    kwargs: t.Dict[str, t.Union[str, datetime, date, float, int]] = {}
 
     prefixes = [("latest", to_datetime(latest))]
 
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ def date_dict(
     for prefix, time_like in prefixes:
         dt = to_datetime(time_like)
         millis = to_timestamp(time_like)
-        kwargs[f"{prefix}_date"] = dt
+        kwargs[f"{prefix}_dt"] = dt
+        kwargs[f"{prefix}_date"] = to_date(dt)
         kwargs[f"{prefix}_ds"] = to_ds(time_like)
         kwargs[f"{prefix}_ts"] = dt.isoformat()
         kwargs[f"{prefix}_epoch"] = millis / 1000

tests/core/test_model.py

@@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ def test_render_query(assert_exp_eq):
         FROM x AS x
         WHERE
           x.y <= '2020-10-28'
+          AND x.y <= DATE_STR_TO_DATE('2020-10-28')
           AND x.y <= TIME_STR_TO_TIME('2020-10-28T23:59:59.999000+00:00')
           AND x.y >= '2020-10-28'
+          AND x.y >= DATE_STR_TO_DATE('2020-10-28')
           AND x.y >= TIME_STR_TO_TIME('2020-10-28T00:00:00+00:00')
         """,
     )
@@ -563,8 +565,10 @@ def test_render_query(assert_exp_eq):
         FROM x AS x
         WHERE
           x.y <= '2020-10-28'
+          AND x.y <= DATE_STR_TO_DATE('2020-10-28')
           AND x.y <= TIME_STR_TO_TIME('2020-10-28T23:59:59.999000+00:00')
           AND x.y >= '2020-10-28'
+          AND x.y >= DATE_STR_TO_DATE('2020-10-28')
           AND x.y >= TIME_STR_TO_TIME('2020-10-28T00:00:00+00:00')
         """,
     )