title: Using Postgres with Grafana
body: <p>Is it a requirement that you must use a time or datetime column in postgres to pull metric's on a Grafana dashboard? </p>
  
  <p>I ask because I have a column just with a date only and I'm unable to show metrics base on dates only. Unless I am missing something in the documentation. <a href="http://docs.grafana.org/features/datasources/postgres/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Postgres in Grafana</a></p>
  
  <p>If anyone has any helpful information, it would be greatly appreciated.
  All I need is just a starting point.
  I am a new user to Grafana and I'm trying to figure this out.</p>