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+kind: Features
+body: Cross-database `date` macro
+time: 2024-05-01T09:16:04.909686-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: dbeatty10
+  Issue: https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/8831
diff --git a/dbt/include/global_project/macros/utils/date.sql b/dbt/include/global_project/macros/utils/date.sql
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+{% macro date(year, month, day) %}
+  {{ return(adapter.dispatch('date', 'dbt') (year, month, day)) }}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+
+{% macro default__date(year, month, day) -%}
+    {%- set dt = modules.datetime.date(year, month, day) -%}
+    {%- set iso_8601_formatted_date = dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') -%}
+    to_date('{{ iso_8601_formatted_date }}', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
+{%- endmacro %}