diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index afde816..778a886 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -11746,16 +11746,6 @@ table2-mapping
   <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     <literal>.datetime()</literal> item method is not implemented yet
-     mainly because immutable <type>jsonpath</type> functions and operators
-     cannot reference session timezone, which is used in some datetime
-     operations.  Datetime support will be added to <type>jsonpath</type>
-     in future versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
-    </para>
-   </listitem>
-
-   <listitem>
-    <para>
      A path expression can be a Boolean predicate, although the SQL/JSON
      standard allows predicates only in filters.  This is necessary for
      implementation of the <literal>@@</literal> operator. For example,
@@ -11960,6 +11950,20 @@ table2-mapping
         <entry><literal>0.3</literal></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
+        <entry><literal>datetime()</literal></entry>
+        <entry>Date/time value converted from a string</entry>
+        <entry><literal>["2015-8-1", "2015-08-12"]</literal></entry>
+        <entry><literal>$[*] ? (@.datetime() &lt; "2015-08-2". datetime())</literal></entry>
+        <entry><literal>2015-8-1</literal></entry>
+       </row>
+       <row>
+        <entry><literal>datetime(<replaceable>template</replaceable>)</literal></entry>
+        <entry>Date/time value converted from a string using the specified template</entry>
+        <entry><literal>["12:30", "18:40"]</literal></entry>
+        <entry><literal>$[*].datetime("HH24:MI")</literal></entry>
+        <entry><literal>"12:30:00", "18:40:00"</literal></entry>
+       </row>
+       <row>
         <entry><literal>keyvalue()</literal></entry>
         <entry>
           Sequence of object's key-value pairs represented as array of objects
@@ -11976,6 +11980,26 @@ table2-mapping
      </tgroup>
     </table>

+    <note>
+     <para>
+      The result type of <literal>datetime()</literal> and
+      <literal>datetime(<replaceable>template</replaceable>)</literal>
+      methods can be <type>date</type>, <type>timetz</type>, <type>time</type>,
+      <type>timestamptz</type>, or <type>timestamp</type>.
+      Both methods determine the result type dynamically.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      The <literal>datetime()</literal> method sequentially tries ISO formats
+      for <type>date</type>, <type>timetz</type>, <type>time</type>,
+      <type>timestamptz</type>, and <type>timestamp</type>. It stops on
+      the first matching format and the corresponding data type.
+     </para>
+     <para>
+      The <literal>datetime(<replaceable>template</replaceable>)</literal>
+      method determines the result type by the provided template string.
+     </para>
+    </note>
+
     <table id="functions-sqljson-filter-ex-table">
      <title><type>jsonpath</type> Filter Expression Elements</title>
      <tgroup cols="5">
@@ -12118,6 +12142,15 @@ table2-mapping
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </table>
+
+    <note>
+     <para>
+      When different date/time values are compared, an implicit cast is
+      applied. A <type>date</type> value can be cast to <type>timestamp</type>
+      or <type>timestamptz</type>, <type>timestamp</type> can be cast to
+      <type>timestamptz</type>, and <type>time</type> &mdash; to <type>timetz</type>.
+     </para>
+    </note>
    </sect3>

   </sect2>
@@ -12351,7 +12384,7 @@ table2-mapping
    <para>
     The <literal>@?</literal> and <literal>@@</literal> operators suppress
     the following errors: lacking object field or array element, unexpected
-    JSON item type, and numeric errors.
+    JSON item type, datetime and numeric errors.
     This behavior might be helpful while searching over JSON document
     collections of varying structure.
    </para>
@@ -12621,17 +12654,32 @@ table2-mapping
    <primary>jsonb_path_exists</primary>
   </indexterm>
   <indexterm>
+   <primary>jsonb_path_exists_tz</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+  <indexterm>
    <primary>jsonb_path_match</primary>
   </indexterm>
   <indexterm>
+   <primary>jsonb_path_match_tz</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+  <indexterm>
    <primary>jsonb_path_query</primary>
   </indexterm>
   <indexterm>
+   <primary>jsonb_path_query_tz</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+  <indexterm>
    <primary>jsonb_path_query_array</primary>
   </indexterm>
   <indexterm>
+   <primary>jsonb_path_query_array_tz</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+  <indexterm>
    <primary>jsonb_path_query_first</primary>
   </indexterm>
+  <indexterm>
+   <primary>jsonb_path_query_first_tz</primary>
+  </indexterm>

   <table id="functions-json-processing-table">
     <title>JSON Processing Functions</title>
@@ -12971,6 +13019,9 @@ table2-mapping
          <para><literal>
            jsonb_path_exists(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
          </literal></para>
+         <para><literal>
+           jsonb_path_exists_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
+         </literal></para>
         </entry>
         <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
         <entry>
@@ -12991,6 +13042,9 @@ table2-mapping
          <para><literal>
            jsonb_path_match(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
          </literal></para>
+         <para><literal>
+           jsonb_path_match_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
+         </literal></para>
         </entry>
         <entry><type>boolean</type></entry>
         <entry>
@@ -13013,6 +13067,9 @@ table2-mapping
          <para><literal>
            jsonb_path_query(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
          </literal></para>
+         <para><literal>
+           jsonb_path_query_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
+         </literal></para>
         </entry>
         <entry><type>setof jsonb</type></entry>
         <entry>
@@ -13041,6 +13098,9 @@ table2-mapping
          <para><literal>
            jsonb_path_query_array(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
          </literal></para>
+         <para><literal>
+           jsonb_path_query_array_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
+         </literal></para>
         </entry>
         <entry><type>jsonb</type></entry>
         <entry>
@@ -13061,6 +13121,9 @@ table2-mapping
          <para><literal>
            jsonb_path_query_first(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
          </literal></para>
+         <para><literal>
+           jsonb_path_query_first_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath [, vars jsonb, silent bool])
+         </literal></para>
         </entry>
         <entry><type>jsonb</type></entry>
         <entry>
@@ -13203,11 +13266,8 @@ table2-mapping

   <note>
    <para>
-    The <literal>jsonb_path_exists</literal>, <literal>jsonb_path_match</literal>,
-    <literal>jsonb_path_query</literal>, <literal>jsonb_path_query_array</literal> and
-    <literal>jsonb_path_query_first</literal>
-    functions have optional <literal>vars</literal> and <literal>silent</literal>
-    arguments.
+    The <literal>jsonb_path_*</literal> functions have optional
+    <literal>vars</literal> and <literal>silent</literal> arguments.
    </para>
    <para>
     If the <literal>vars</literal> argument is specified, it provides an
@@ -13221,6 +13281,20 @@ table2-mapping
    </para>
   </note>

+  <note>
+   <para>
+    Some of the <literal>jsonb_path_*</literal> functions have the
+    <literal>_tz</literal> suffix. These functions have been implemented to
+    support comparison of date/time values that involves implicit
+    timezone-aware casts. Since operations with time zones are not immutable,
+    these functions are qualified as stable. Their counterparts without the
+    suffix do not support such casts, so they are immutable and can be used for
+    such use-cases as expression indexes
+    (see <xref linkend="indexes-expressional"/>). There is no difference
+    between these functions for other <type>jsonpath</type> operations.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
   <para>
     See also <xref linkend="functions-aggregate"/> for the aggregate
     function <function>json_agg</function> which aggregates record
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index ea4c85e..423ae4f 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -1287,6 +1287,46 @@ LANGUAGE INTERNAL
 STRICT IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE
 AS 'jsonb_path_query_first';

+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+  jsonb_path_exists_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath, vars jsonb DEFAULT '{}',
+                    silent boolean DEFAULT false)
+RETURNS boolean
+LANGUAGE INTERNAL
+STRICT IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE
+AS 'jsonb_path_exists_tz';
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+  jsonb_path_match_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath, vars jsonb DEFAULT '{}',
+                   silent boolean DEFAULT false)
+RETURNS boolean
+LANGUAGE INTERNAL
+STRICT IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE
+AS 'jsonb_path_match_tz';
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+  jsonb_path_query_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath, vars jsonb DEFAULT '{}',
+                   silent boolean DEFAULT false)
+RETURNS SETOF jsonb
+LANGUAGE INTERNAL
+STRICT IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE
+AS 'jsonb_path_query_tz';
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+  jsonb_path_query_array_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath, vars jsonb DEFAULT '{}',
+                         silent boolean DEFAULT false)
+RETURNS jsonb
+LANGUAGE INTERNAL
+STRICT IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE
+AS 'jsonb_path_query_array_tz';
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION
+  jsonb_path_query_first_tz(target jsonb, path jsonpath, vars jsonb DEFAULT '{}',
+                         silent boolean DEFAULT false)
+RETURNS jsonb
+LANGUAGE INTERNAL
+STRICT IMMUTABLE PARALLEL SAFE
+AS 'jsonb_path_query_first_tz';
+
 --
 -- The default permissions for functions mean that anyone can execute them.
 -- A number of functions shouldn't be executable by just anyone, but rather
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath.c
index 87ae60e..65c047a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath.c
@@ -337,12 +337,14 @@ flattenJsonPathParseItem(StringInfo buf, JsonPathParseItem *item,
 		case jpiPlus:
 		case jpiMinus:
 		case jpiExists:
+		case jpiDatetime:
 			{
 				int32		arg = reserveSpaceForItemPointer(buf);

-				chld = flattenJsonPathParseItem(buf, item->value.arg,
-												nestingLevel + argNestingLevel,
-												insideArraySubscript);
+				chld = !item->value.arg ? pos :
+					flattenJsonPathParseItem(buf, item->value.arg,
+											 nestingLevel + argNestingLevel,
+											 insideArraySubscript);
 				*(int32 *) (buf->data + arg) = chld - pos;
 			}
 			break;
@@ -692,6 +694,15 @@ printJsonPathItem(StringInfo buf, JsonPathItem *v, bool inKey,
 		case jpiDouble:
 			appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, ".double()", 9);
 			break;
+		case jpiDatetime:
+			appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, ".datetime(", 10);
+			if (v->content.arg)
+			{
+				jspGetArg(v, &elem);
+				printJsonPathItem(buf, &elem, false, false);
+			}
+			appendStringInfoChar(buf, ')');
+			break;
 		case jpiKeyValue:
 			appendBinaryStringInfo(buf, ".keyvalue()", 11);
 			break;
@@ -754,6 +765,8 @@ jspOperationName(JsonPathItemType type)
 			return "floor";
 		case jpiCeiling:
 			return "ceiling";
+		case jpiDatetime:
+			return "datetime";
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized jsonpath item type: %d", type);
 			return NULL;
@@ -889,6 +902,7 @@ jspInitByBuffer(JsonPathItem *v, char *base, int32 pos)
 		case jpiPlus:
 		case jpiMinus:
 		case jpiFilter:
+		case jpiDatetime:
 			read_int32(v->content.arg, base, pos);
 			break;
 		case jpiIndexArray:
@@ -913,7 +927,8 @@ jspGetArg(JsonPathItem *v, JsonPathItem *a)
 		   v->type == jpiIsUnknown ||
 		   v->type == jpiExists ||
 		   v->type == jpiPlus ||
-		   v->type == jpiMinus);
+		   v->type == jpiMinus ||
+		   v->type == jpiDatetime);

 	jspInitByBuffer(a, v->base, v->content.arg);
 }
@@ -961,6 +976,7 @@ jspGetNext(JsonPathItem *v, JsonPathItem *a)
 			   v->type == jpiFloor ||
 			   v->type == jpiCeiling ||
 			   v->type == jpiDouble ||
+			   v->type == jpiDatetime ||
 			   v->type == jpiKeyValue ||
 			   v->type == jpiStartsWith);

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
index d8647f7..6284da2 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_exec.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "regex/regex.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/datetime.h"
 #include "utils/datum.h"
 #include "utils/formatting.h"
 #include "utils/float.h"
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ typedef struct JsonPathExecContext
 										 * ignored */
 	bool		throwErrors;	/* with "false" all suppressible errors are
 								 * suppressed */
+	bool		useTz;
 } JsonPathExecContext;

 /* Context for LIKE_REGEX execution. */
@@ -173,7 +175,8 @@ typedef JsonPathBool (*JsonPathPredicateCallback) (JsonPathItem *jsp,
 typedef Numeric (*BinaryArithmFunc) (Numeric num1, Numeric num2, bool *error);

 static JsonPathExecResult executeJsonPath(JsonPath *path, Jsonb *vars,
-										  Jsonb *json, bool throwErrors, JsonValueList *result);
+										  Jsonb *json, bool throwErrors,
+										  JsonValueList *result, bool useTz);
 static JsonPathExecResult executeItem(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
 									  JsonPathItem *jsp, JsonbValue *jb, JsonValueList *found);
 static JsonPathExecResult executeItemOptUnwrapTarget(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
@@ -216,6 +219,8 @@ static JsonPathBool executeLikeRegex(JsonPathItem *jsp, JsonbValue *str,
 static JsonPathExecResult executeNumericItemMethod(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
 												   JsonPathItem *jsp, JsonbValue *jb, bool unwrap, PGFunction func,
 												   JsonValueList *found);
+static JsonPathExecResult executeDateTimeMethod(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
+												JsonbValue *jb, JsonValueList *found);
 static JsonPathExecResult executeKeyValueMethod(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
 												JsonPathItem *jsp, JsonbValue *jb, JsonValueList *found);
 static JsonPathExecResult appendBoolResult(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
@@ -227,7 +232,8 @@ static void getJsonPathVariable(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
 static int	JsonbArraySize(JsonbValue *jb);
 static JsonPathBool executeComparison(JsonPathItem *cmp, JsonbValue *lv,
 									  JsonbValue *rv, void *p);
-static JsonPathBool compareItems(int32 op, JsonbValue *jb1, JsonbValue *jb2);
+static JsonPathBool compareItems(int32 op, JsonbValue *jb1, JsonbValue *jb2,
+								 bool useTz);
 static int	compareNumeric(Numeric a, Numeric b);
 static JsonbValue *copyJsonbValue(JsonbValue *src);
 static JsonPathExecResult getArrayIndex(JsonPathExecContext *cxt,
@@ -248,6 +254,8 @@ static JsonbValue *JsonbInitBinary(JsonbValue *jbv, Jsonb *jb);
 static int	JsonbType(JsonbValue *jb);
 static JsonbValue *getScalar(JsonbValue *scalar, enum jbvType type);
 static JsonbValue *wrapItemsInArray(const JsonValueList *items);
+static int	compareDatetime(Datum val1, Oid typid1, Datum val2, Oid typid2,
+							bool useTz, bool *have_error);

 /****************** User interface to JsonPath executor ********************/

@@ -263,8 +271,8 @@ static JsonbValue *wrapItemsInArray(const JsonValueList *items);
  *		SQL/JSON.  Regarding jsonb_path_match(), this function doesn't have
  *		an analogy in SQL/JSON, so we define its behavior on our own.
  */
-Datum
-jsonb_path_exists(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+static Datum
+jsonb_path_exists_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool tz)
 {
 	Jsonb	   *jb = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(0);
 	JsonPath   *jp = PG_GETARG_JSONPATH_P(1);
@@ -278,7 +286,7 @@ jsonb_path_exists(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		silent = PG_GETARG_BOOL(3);
 	}

-	res = executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, NULL);
+	res = executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, NULL, tz);

 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(jb, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(jp, 1);
@@ -289,6 +297,18 @@ jsonb_path_exists(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	PG_RETURN_BOOL(res == jperOk);
 }

+Datum
+jsonb_path_exists(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_exists_internal(fcinfo, false);
+}
+
+Datum
+jsonb_path_exists_tz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_exists_internal(fcinfo, true);
+}
+
 /*
  * jsonb_path_exists_opr
  *		Implementation of operator "jsonb @? jsonpath" (2-argument version of
@@ -298,7 +318,7 @@ Datum
 jsonb_path_exists_opr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	/* just call the other one -- it can handle both cases */
-	return jsonb_path_exists(fcinfo);
+	return jsonb_path_exists_internal(fcinfo, false);
 }

 /*
@@ -306,8 +326,8 @@ jsonb_path_exists_opr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  *		Returns jsonpath predicate result item for the specified jsonb value.
  *		See jsonb_path_exists() comment for details regarding error handling.
  */
-Datum
-jsonb_path_match(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+static Datum
+jsonb_path_match_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool tz)
 {
 	Jsonb	   *jb = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(0);
 	JsonPath   *jp = PG_GETARG_JSONPATH_P(1);
@@ -321,7 +341,7 @@ jsonb_path_match(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		silent = PG_GETARG_BOOL(3);
 	}

-	(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found);
+	(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found, tz);

 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(jb, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(jp, 1);
@@ -345,6 +365,18 @@ jsonb_path_match(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	PG_RETURN_NULL();
 }

+Datum
+jsonb_path_match(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_match_internal(fcinfo, false);
+}
+
+Datum
+jsonb_path_match_tz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_match_internal(fcinfo, true);
+}
+
 /*
  * jsonb_path_match_opr
  *		Implementation of operator "jsonb @@ jsonpath" (2-argument version of
@@ -354,7 +386,7 @@ Datum
 jsonb_path_match_opr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	/* just call the other one -- it can handle both cases */
-	return jsonb_path_match(fcinfo);
+	return jsonb_path_match_internal(fcinfo, false);
 }

 /*
@@ -362,8 +394,8 @@ jsonb_path_match_opr(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  *		Executes jsonpath for given jsonb document and returns result as
  *		rowset.
  */
-Datum
-jsonb_path_query(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+static Datum
+jsonb_path_query_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool tz)
 {
 	FuncCallContext *funcctx;
 	List	   *found;
@@ -387,7 +419,7 @@ jsonb_path_query(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		vars = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P_COPY(2);
 		silent = PG_GETARG_BOOL(3);

-		(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found);
+		(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found, tz);

 		funcctx->user_fctx = JsonValueListGetList(&found);

@@ -408,13 +440,25 @@ jsonb_path_query(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	SRF_RETURN_NEXT(funcctx, JsonbPGetDatum(JsonbValueToJsonb(v)));
 }

+Datum
+jsonb_path_query(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_query_internal(fcinfo, false);
+}
+
+Datum
+jsonb_path_query_tz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_query_internal(fcinfo, true);
+}
+
 /*
  * jsonb_path_query_array
  *		Executes jsonpath for given jsonb document and returns result as
  *		jsonb array.
  */
-Datum
-jsonb_path_query_array(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+static Datum
+jsonb_path_query_array_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool tz)
 {
 	Jsonb	   *jb = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(0);
 	JsonPath   *jp = PG_GETARG_JSONPATH_P(1);
@@ -422,18 +466,30 @@ jsonb_path_query_array(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Jsonb	   *vars = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(2);
 	bool		silent = PG_GETARG_BOOL(3);

-	(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found);
+	(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found, tz);

 	PG_RETURN_JSONB_P(JsonbValueToJsonb(wrapItemsInArray(&found)));
 }

+Datum
+jsonb_path_query_array(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_query_array_internal(fcinfo, false);
+}
+
+Datum
+jsonb_path_query_array_tz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_query_array_internal(fcinfo, true);
+}
+
 /*
  * jsonb_path_query_first
  *		Executes jsonpath for given jsonb document and returns first result
  *		item.  If there are no items, NULL returned.
  */
-Datum
-jsonb_path_query_first(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+static Datum
+jsonb_path_query_first_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool tz)
 {
 	Jsonb	   *jb = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(0);
 	JsonPath   *jp = PG_GETARG_JSONPATH_P(1);
@@ -441,7 +497,7 @@ jsonb_path_query_first(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Jsonb	   *vars = PG_GETARG_JSONB_P(2);
 	bool		silent = PG_GETARG_BOOL(3);

-	(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found);
+	(void) executeJsonPath(jp, vars, jb, !silent, &found, tz);

 	if (JsonValueListLength(&found) >= 1)
 		PG_RETURN_JSONB_P(JsonbValueToJsonb(JsonValueListHead(&found)));
@@ -449,6 +505,18 @@ jsonb_path_query_first(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		PG_RETURN_NULL();
 }

+Datum
+jsonb_path_query_first(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_query_first_internal(fcinfo, false);
+}
+
+Datum
+jsonb_path_query_first_tz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	return jsonb_path_query_first_internal(fcinfo, true);
+}
+
 /********************Execute functions for JsonPath**************************/

 /*
@@ -472,7 +540,7 @@ jsonb_path_query_first(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  */
 static JsonPathExecResult
 executeJsonPath(JsonPath *path, Jsonb *vars, Jsonb *json, bool throwErrors,
-				JsonValueList *result)
+				JsonValueList *result, bool useTz)
 {
 	JsonPathExecContext cxt;
 	JsonPathExecResult res;
@@ -502,6 +570,7 @@ executeJsonPath(JsonPath *path, Jsonb *vars, Jsonb *json, bool throwErrors,
 	cxt.lastGeneratedObjectId = vars ? 2 : 1;
 	cxt.innermostArraySize = -1;
 	cxt.throwErrors = throwErrors;
+	cxt.useTz = useTz;

 	if (jspStrictAbsenseOfErrors(&cxt) && !result)
 	{
@@ -1030,6 +1099,12 @@ executeItemOptUnwrapTarget(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
 			}
 			break;

+		case jpiDatetime:
+			if (unwrap && JsonbType(jb) == jbvArray)
+				return executeItemUnwrapTargetArray(cxt, jsp, jb, found, false);
+
+			return executeDateTimeMethod(cxt, jsp, jb, found);
+
 		case jpiKeyValue:
 			if (unwrap && JsonbType(jb) == jbvArray)
 				return executeItemUnwrapTargetArray(cxt, jsp, jb, found, false);
@@ -1216,7 +1291,7 @@ executeBoolItem(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
 			jspGetLeftArg(jsp, &larg);
 			jspGetRightArg(jsp, &rarg);
 			return executePredicate(cxt, jsp, &larg, &rarg, jb, true,
-									executeComparison, NULL);
+									executeComparison, cxt);

 		case jpiStartsWith:		/* 'whole STARTS WITH initial' */
 			jspGetLeftArg(jsp, &larg);	/* 'whole' */
@@ -1720,6 +1795,138 @@ executeNumericItemMethod(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
 }

 /*
+ * Implementation of the .datetime() method.
+ *
+ * Converts a string into a date/time value. The actual type is determined at run time.
+ * If an argument is provided, this argument is used as a template string.
+ * Otherwise, the first fitting ISO format is selected.
+ */
+static JsonPathExecResult
+executeDateTimeMethod(JsonPathExecContext *cxt, JsonPathItem *jsp,
+					  JsonbValue *jb, JsonValueList *found)
+{
+	JsonbValue	jbvbuf;
+	Datum		value;
+	text	   *datetime;
+	Oid			typid;
+	int32		typmod = -1;
+	int			tz = 0;
+	bool		hasNext;
+	JsonPathExecResult res = jperNotFound;
+	JsonPathItem elem;
+
+	if (!(jb = getScalar(jb, jbvString)))
+		RETURN_ERROR(ereport(ERROR,
+							 (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_ARGUMENT_FOR_JSON_DATETIME_FUNCTION),
+							  errmsg("invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function"),
+							  errdetail("jsonpath item method .%s() can only be applied to a string",
+										jspOperationName(jsp->type)))));
+
+	datetime = cstring_to_text_with_len(jb->val.string.val,
+										jb->val.string.len);
+
+	if (jsp->content.arg)
+	{
+		text	   *template;
+		char	   *template_str;
+		int			template_len;
+		bool		have_error = false;
+
+		jspGetArg(jsp, &elem);
+
+		if (elem.type != jpiString)
+			elog(ERROR, "invalid jsonpath item type for .datetime() argument");
+
+		template_str = jspGetString(&elem, &template_len);
+
+		template = cstring_to_text_with_len(template_str,
+											template_len);
+
+		value = parse_datetime(datetime, template, true,
+							   &typid, &typmod, &tz,
+							   jspThrowErrors(cxt) ? NULL : &have_error);
+
+		if (have_error)
+			res = jperError;
+		else
+			res = jperOk;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/*
+		 * According to SQL/JSON standard enumerate ISO formats for: date,
+		 * timetz, time, timestamptz, timestamp.
+		 */
+		static const char *fmt_str[] =
+		{
+			"yyyy-mm-dd",
+			"HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM",
+			"HH24:MI:SS TZH",
+			"HH24:MI:SS",
+			"yyyy-mm-dd HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM",
+			"yyyy-mm-dd HH24:MI:SS TZH",
+			"yyyy-mm-dd HH24:MI:SS"
+		};
+
+		/* cache for format texts */
+		static text *fmt_txt[lengthof(fmt_str)] = {0};
+		int			i;
+
+		/* loop until datetime format fits */
+		for (i = 0; i < lengthof(fmt_str); i++)
+		{
+			bool		have_error = false;
+
+			if (!fmt_txt[i])
+			{
+				MemoryContext oldcxt =
+				MemoryContextSwitchTo(TopMemoryContext);
+
+				fmt_txt[i] = cstring_to_text(fmt_str[i]);
+				MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcxt);
+			}
+
+			value = parse_datetime(datetime, fmt_txt[i], true,
+								   &typid, &typmod, &tz,
+								   &have_error);
+
+			if (!have_error)
+			{
+				res = jperOk;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (res == jperNotFound)
+			RETURN_ERROR(ereport(ERROR,
+								 (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_ARGUMENT_FOR_JSON_DATETIME_FUNCTION),
+								  errmsg("invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function"),
+								  errdetail("unrecognized datetime format"),
+								  errhint("use datetime template argument for explicit format specification"))));
+	}
+
+	pfree(datetime);
+
+	if (jperIsError(res))
+		return res;
+
+	hasNext = jspGetNext(jsp, &elem);
+
+	if (!hasNext && !found)
+		return res;
+
+	jb = hasNext ? &jbvbuf : palloc(sizeof(*jb));
+
+	jb->type = jbvDatetime;
+	jb->val.datetime.value = value;
+	jb->val.datetime.typid = typid;
+	jb->val.datetime.typmod = typmod;
+	jb->val.datetime.tz = tz;
+
+	return executeNextItem(cxt, jsp, &elem, jb, found, hasNext);
+}
+
+/*
  * Implementation of .keyvalue() method.
  *
  * .keyvalue() method returns a sequence of object's key-value pairs in the
@@ -1979,14 +2186,16 @@ JsonbArraySize(JsonbValue *jb)
 static JsonPathBool
 executeComparison(JsonPathItem *cmp, JsonbValue *lv, JsonbValue *rv, void *p)
 {
-	return compareItems(cmp->type, lv, rv);
+	JsonPathExecContext *cxt = (JsonPathExecContext *) p;
+
+	return compareItems(cmp->type, lv, rv, cxt->useTz);
 }

 /*
  * Compare two SQL/JSON items using comparison operation 'op'.
  */
 static JsonPathBool
-compareItems(int32 op, JsonbValue *jb1, JsonbValue *jb2)
+compareItems(int32 op, JsonbValue *jb1, JsonbValue *jb2, bool useTz)
 {
 	int			cmp;
 	bool		res;
@@ -2028,6 +2237,21 @@ compareItems(int32 op, JsonbValue *jb1, JsonbValue *jb2)
 							 jb2->val.string.val, jb2->val.string.len,
 							 DEFAULT_COLLATION_OID);
 			break;
+		case jbvDatetime:
+			{
+				bool		have_error = false;
+
+				cmp = compareDatetime(jb1->val.datetime.value,
+									  jb1->val.datetime.typid,
+									  jb2->val.datetime.value,
+									  jb2->val.datetime.typid,
+									  useTz,
+									  &have_error);
+
+				if (have_error)
+					return jpbUnknown;
+			}
+			break;

 		case jbvBinary:
 		case jbvArray:
@@ -2287,3 +2511,205 @@ wrapItemsInArray(const JsonValueList *items)

 	return pushJsonbValue(&ps, WJB_END_ARRAY, NULL);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Cross-type comparison of two datetime SQL/JSON items.  If items are
+ * uncomparable, 'error' flag is set.
+ */
+static int
+compareDatetime(Datum val1, Oid typid1, Datum val2, Oid typid2,
+				bool useTz, bool *have_error)
+{
+	PGFunction cmpfunc = NULL;
+
+	switch (typid1)
+	{
+		case DATEOID:
+			switch (typid2)
+			{
+				case DATEOID:
+					cmpfunc = date_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMESTAMPOID:
+					val1 = date2timestamp_opt_error(val1, have_error);
+					if (have_error && *have_error)
+						return 0;
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMESTAMPTZOID:
+					if (!useTz)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+								 errmsg("cannot convert value from %s to %s without timezone usage",
+										"date", "timestamptz"),
+								 errhint("use *_tz() function for timezone support")));
+					val1 = date2timestamptz_opt_error(val1, have_error);
+					if (have_error && *have_error)
+						return 0;
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMEOID:
+				case TIMETZOID:
+					*have_error = true;
+					return 0;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case TIMEOID:
+			switch (typid2)
+			{
+				case TIMEOID:
+					cmpfunc = time_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMETZOID:
+					if (!useTz)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+								 errmsg("cannot convert value from %s to %s without timezone usage",
+										"time", "timetz"),
+								 errhint("use *_tz() function for timezone support")));
+					val1 = DirectFunctionCall1(time_timetz, val1);
+					cmpfunc = timetz_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case DATEOID:
+				case TIMESTAMPOID:
+				case TIMESTAMPTZOID:
+					*have_error = true;
+					return 0;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case TIMETZOID:
+			switch (typid2)
+			{
+				case TIMEOID:
+					if (!useTz)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+								 errmsg("cannot convert value from %s to %s without timezone usage",
+										"time", "timetz"),
+								 errhint("use *_tz() function for timezone support")));
+					val2 = DirectFunctionCall1(time_timetz, val2);
+					cmpfunc = timetz_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMETZOID:
+					cmpfunc = timetz_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case DATEOID:
+				case TIMESTAMPOID:
+				case TIMESTAMPTZOID:
+					*have_error = true;
+					return 0;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case TIMESTAMPOID:
+			switch (typid2)
+			{
+				case DATEOID:
+					val2 = date2timestamp_opt_error(val2, have_error);
+					if (have_error && *have_error)
+						return 0;
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMESTAMPOID:
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMESTAMPTZOID:
+					if (!useTz)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+								 errmsg("cannot convert value from %s to %s without timezone usage",
+										"timestamp", "timestamptz"),
+								 errhint("use *_tz() function for timezone support")));
+					val1 = timestamp2timestamptz_opt_error(val1, have_error);
+					if (have_error && *have_error)
+						return 0;
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMEOID:
+				case TIMETZOID:
+					*have_error = true;
+					return 0;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case TIMESTAMPTZOID:
+			switch (typid2)
+			{
+				case DATEOID:
+					if (!useTz)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+								 errmsg("cannot convert value from %s to %s without timezone usage",
+										"date", "timestamptz"),
+								 errhint("use *_tz() function for timezone support")));
+					val2 = date2timestamptz_opt_error(val2, have_error);
+					if (have_error && *have_error)
+						return 0;
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMESTAMPOID:
+					if (!useTz)
+						ereport(ERROR,
+								(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+								 errmsg("cannot convert value from %s to %s without timezone usage",
+										"timestamp", "timestamptz"),
+								 errhint("use *_tz() function for timezone support")));
+					val2 = timestamp2timestamptz_opt_error(val2, have_error);
+					if (have_error && *have_error)
+						return 0;
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMESTAMPTZOID:
+					cmpfunc = timestamp_cmp;
+
+					break;
+
+				case TIMEOID:
+				case TIMETZOID:
+					*have_error = true;
+					return 0;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized SQL/JSON datetime type oid: %d",
+				 typid1);
+	}
+
+	if (*have_error)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!cmpfunc)
+		elog(ERROR, "unrecognized SQL/JSON datetime type oid: %d",
+			 typid2);
+
+	*have_error = false;
+
+	return DatumGetInt32(DirectFunctionCall2(cmpfunc, val1, val2));
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_gram.y b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_gram.y
index 91b4b2f..059faee 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_gram.y
@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ static JsonPathParseItem *makeItemLikeRegex(JsonPathParseItem *expr,
 %token	<str>		LESS_P LESSEQUAL_P EQUAL_P NOTEQUAL_P GREATEREQUAL_P GREATER_P
 %token	<str>		ANY_P STRICT_P LAX_P LAST_P STARTS_P WITH_P LIKE_REGEX_P FLAG_P
 %token	<str>		ABS_P SIZE_P TYPE_P FLOOR_P DOUBLE_P CEILING_P KEYVALUE_P
+%token	<str>		DATETIME_P

 %type	<result>	result

 %type	<value>		scalar_value path_primary expr array_accessor
 					any_path accessor_op key predicate delimited_predicate
 					index_elem starts_with_initial expr_or_predicate
+					datetime_template opt_datetime_template

 %type	<elems>		accessor_expr

@@ -247,9 +249,20 @@ accessor_op:
 	| array_accessor				{ $$ = $1; }
 	| '.' any_path					{ $$ = $2; }
 	| '.' method '(' ')'			{ $$ = makeItemType($2); }
+	| '.' DATETIME_P '(' opt_datetime_template ')'
+									{ $$ = makeItemUnary(jpiDatetime, $4); }
 	| '?' '(' predicate ')'			{ $$ = makeItemUnary(jpiFilter, $3); }
 	;

+datetime_template:
+	STRING_P						{ $$ = makeItemString(&$1); }
+	;
+
+opt_datetime_template:
+	datetime_template				{ $$ = $1; }
+	| /* EMPTY */					{ $$ = NULL; }
+	;
+
 key:
 	key_name						{ $$ = makeItemKey(&$1); }
 	;
@@ -272,6 +285,7 @@ key_name:
 	| FLOOR_P
 	| DOUBLE_P
 	| CEILING_P
+	| DATETIME_P
 	| KEYVALUE_P
 	| LAST_P
 	| STARTS_P
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_scan.l b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_scan.l
index 2165ffc..ced65ed 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_scan.l
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/jsonpath_scan.l
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ static const JsonPathKeyword keywords[] = {
 	{ 6, false,	STRICT_P,	"strict"},
 	{ 7, false,	CEILING_P,	"ceiling"},
 	{ 7, false,	UNKNOWN_P,	"unknown"},
+	{ 8, false,	DATETIME_P,	"datetime"},
 	{ 8, false,	KEYVALUE_P,	"keyvalue"},
 	{ 10,false, LIKE_REGEX_P, "like_regex"},
 };
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt b/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt
index 16f5ca2..7287653 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt
+++ b/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ Section: Class 22 - Data Exception
 2200S    E    ERRCODE_INVALID_XML_COMMENT                                    invalid_xml_comment
 2200T    E    ERRCODE_INVALID_XML_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION                     invalid_xml_processing_instruction
 22030    E    ERRCODE_DUPLICATE_JSON_OBJECT_KEY_VALUE                        duplicate_json_object_key_value
+22031    E    ERRCODE_INVALID_ARGUMENT_FOR_JSON_DATETIME_FUNCTION            invalid_argument_for_json_datetime_function
 22032    E    ERRCODE_INVALID_JSON_TEXT                                      invalid_json_text
 22033    E    ERRCODE_INVALID_JSON_SUBSCRIPT                                 invalid_json_subscript
 22034    E    ERRCODE_MORE_THAN_ONE_JSON_ITEM                                more_than_one_json_item
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0902dce..4acdd7a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -9323,6 +9323,28 @@
   proname => 'jsonb_path_match', prorettype => 'bool',
   proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath jsonb bool', prosrc => 'jsonb_path_match' },

+{ oid => '6015', descr => 'jsonpath exists test with timezone',
+  proname => 'jsonb_path_exists_tz', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'bool', proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath jsonb bool',
+  prosrc => 'jsonb_path_exists_tz' },
+{ oid => '6016', descr => 'jsonpath query with timezone',
+  proname => 'jsonb_path_query_tz', provolatile => 's',
+  prorows => '1000', proretset => 't',
+  prorettype => 'jsonb', proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath jsonb bool',
+  prosrc => 'jsonb_path_query_tz' },
+{ oid => '6017', descr => 'jsonpath query wrapped into array with timezone',
+  proname => 'jsonb_path_query_array_tz', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'jsonb', proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath jsonb bool',
+  prosrc => 'jsonb_path_query_array_tz' },
+{ oid => '6018', descr => 'jsonpath query first item with timezone',
+  proname => 'jsonb_path_query_first_tz', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'jsonb', proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath jsonb bool',
+  prosrc => 'jsonb_path_query_first_tz' },
+{ oid => '6019', descr => 'jsonpath match with timezone',
+  proname => 'jsonb_path_match_tz', provolatile => 's',
+  prorettype => 'bool', proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath jsonb bool',
+  prosrc => 'jsonb_path_match_tz' },
+
 { oid => '4010', descr => 'implementation of @? operator',
   proname => 'jsonb_path_exists_opr', prorettype => 'bool',
   proargtypes => 'jsonb jsonpath', prosrc => 'jsonb_path_exists_opr' },
diff --git a/src/include/utils/jsonpath.h b/src/include/utils/jsonpath.h
index 40ad5fd..f6b17c8 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/jsonpath.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/jsonpath.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ typedef enum JsonPathItemType
 	jpiFloor,					/* .floor() item method */
 	jpiCeiling,					/* .ceiling() item method */
 	jpiDouble,					/* .double() item method */
+	jpiDatetime,				/* .datetime() item method */
 	jpiKeyValue,				/* .keyvalue() item method */
 	jpiSubscript,				/* array subscript: 'expr' or 'expr TO expr' */
 	jpiLast,					/* LAST array subscript */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out
index 31a871a..ac668a6 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonb_jsonpath.out
@@ -1658,6 +1658,532 @@ select jsonb_path_query('[null, 1, "a\b", "a\\b", "^a\\b$"]', 'lax $[*] ? (@ lik
  "a\b"
 (1 row)

+select jsonb_path_query('null', '$.datetime()');
+ERROR:  invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function
+DETAIL:  jsonpath item method .datetime() can only be applied to a string
+select jsonb_path_query('true', '$.datetime()');
+ERROR:  invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function
+DETAIL:  jsonpath item method .datetime() can only be applied to a string
+select jsonb_path_query('1', '$.datetime()');
+ERROR:  invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function
+DETAIL:  jsonpath item method .datetime() can only be applied to a string
+select jsonb_path_query('[]', '$.datetime()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('[]', 'strict $.datetime()');
+ERROR:  invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function
+DETAIL:  jsonpath item method .datetime() can only be applied to a string
+select jsonb_path_query('{}', '$.datetime()');
+ERROR:  invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function
+DETAIL:  jsonpath item method .datetime() can only be applied to a string
+select jsonb_path_query('""', '$.datetime()');
+ERROR:  invalid argument for SQL/JSON datetime function
+DETAIL:  unrecognized datetime format
+HINT:  use datetime template argument for explicit format specification
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("aaa")');
+ERROR:  trailing characters remain in input string after datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"aaaa"', '$.datetime("HH24")');
+ERROR:  invalid value "aa" for "HH24"
+DETAIL:  Value must be an integer.
+select jsonb '"10-03-2017"' @? '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy")';
+ ?column? 
+----------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "2017-03-10"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy").type()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "date"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy")');
+ERROR:  trailing characters remain in input string after datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy").type()');
+ERROR:  trailing characters remain in input string after datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '       $.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI").type()');
+       jsonb_path_query        
+-------------------------------
+ "timestamp without time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM").type()');
+      jsonb_path_query      
+----------------------------
+ "timestamp with time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI:SS").type()');
+     jsonb_path_query     
+--------------------------
+ "time without time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM").type()');
+   jsonb_path_query    
+-----------------------
+ "time with time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+set time zone '+00';
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI")');
+   jsonb_path_query    
+-----------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+ERROR:  input string is too short for datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00+05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00-05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00+05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00-05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+ERROR:  input string is too short for datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00+05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00-05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00+05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00-05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+set time zone '+10';
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI")');
+   jsonb_path_query    
+-----------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+ERROR:  input string is too short for datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00+05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00-05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00+05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00-05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+ERROR:  input string is too short for datetime format
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00+05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00-05:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00+05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:00-05:20"
+(1 row)
+
+set time zone default;
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10"', '$.datetime().type()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "date"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10"', '$.datetime()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "2017-03-10"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56"', '$.datetime().type()');
+       jsonb_path_query        
+-------------------------------
+ "timestamp without time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56"', '$.datetime()');
+   jsonb_path_query    
+-----------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:56"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime().type()');
+      jsonb_path_query      
+----------------------------
+ "timestamp with time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime()');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:56+03:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime().type()');
+      jsonb_path_query      
+----------------------------
+ "timestamp with time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime()');
+      jsonb_path_query       
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:56+03:10"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56"', '$.datetime().type()');
+     jsonb_path_query     
+--------------------------
+ "time without time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56"', '$.datetime()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:56"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime().type()');
+   jsonb_path_query    
+-----------------------
+ "time with time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:56+03:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime().type()');
+   jsonb_path_query    
+-----------------------
+ "time with time zone"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime()');
+ jsonb_path_query 
+------------------
+ "12:34:56+03:10"
+(1 row)
+
+set time zone '+00';
+-- date comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from date to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from date to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from date to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10"
+ "2017-03-10T00:00:00"
+ "2017-03-10T03:00:00+03:00"
+(3 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10"
+ "2017-03-11"
+ "2017-03-10T00:00:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:56"
+ "2017-03-10T03:00:00+03:00"
+(5 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-09"
+ "2017-03-10T01:02:03+04:00"
+(2 rows)
+
+-- time comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from time to timetz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from time to timetz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from time to timetz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+ jsonb_path_query_tz 
+---------------------
+ "12:35:00"
+ "12:35:00+00:00"
+(2 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+ jsonb_path_query_tz 
+---------------------
+ "12:35:00"
+ "12:36:00"
+ "12:35:00+00:00"
+(3 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+ jsonb_path_query_tz 
+---------------------
+ "12:34:00"
+ "12:35:00+01:00"
+ "13:35:00+01:00"
+(3 rows)
+
+-- timetz comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from time to timetz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from time to timetz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from time to timetz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ jsonb_path_query_tz 
+---------------------
+ "12:35:00+01:00"
+(1 row)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ jsonb_path_query_tz 
+---------------------
+ "12:35:00+01:00"
+ "12:36:00+01:00"
+ "12:35:00-02:00"
+ "11:35:00"
+ "12:35:00"
+(5 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ jsonb_path_query_tz 
+---------------------
+ "12:34:00+01:00"
+ "12:35:00+02:00"
+ "10:35:00"
+(3 rows)
+
+-- timestamp comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from timestamp to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from timestamp to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from timestamp to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00"
+ "2017-03-10T13:35:00+01:00"
+(2 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:36:00"
+ "2017-03-10T13:35:00+01:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00-01:00"
+ "2017-03-11"
+(5 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00+01:00"
+ "2017-03-10"
+(3 rows)
+
+-- timestamptz comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from timestamp to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from timestamp to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+ERROR:  cannot convert value from timestamp to timestamptz without timezone usage
+HINT:  use *_tz() function for timezone support
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00+01:00"
+ "2017-03-10T11:35:00"
+(2 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00+01:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:36:00+01:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00-02:00"
+ "2017-03-10T11:35:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00"
+ "2017-03-11"
+(6 rows)
+
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+     jsonb_path_query_tz     
+-----------------------------
+ "2017-03-10T12:34:00+01:00"
+ "2017-03-10T12:35:00+02:00"
+ "2017-03-10T10:35:00"
+ "2017-03-10"
+(4 rows)
+
+set time zone default;
 -- jsonpath operators
 SELECT jsonb_path_query('[{"a": 1}, {"a": 2}]', '$[*]');
  jsonb_path_query 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonpath.out b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonpath.out
index ecdd453..f5d5fa4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/jsonpath.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/jsonpath.out
@@ -401,6 +401,18 @@ select '$.keyvalue().key'::jsonpath;
  $.keyvalue()."key"
 (1 row)

+select '$.datetime()'::jsonpath;
+   jsonpath   
+--------------
+ $.datetime()
+(1 row)
+
+select '$.datetime("datetime template")'::jsonpath;
+            jsonpath             
+---------------------------------
+ $.datetime("datetime template")
+(1 row)
+
 select '$ ? (@ starts with "abc")'::jsonpath;
         jsonpath         
 -------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql
index 733fbd4..2c16182 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonb_jsonpath.sql
@@ -346,6 +346,178 @@ select jsonb_path_query('[null, 1, "a\b", "a\\b", "^a\\b$"]', 'lax $[*] ? (@ lik
 select jsonb_path_query('[null, 1, "a\b", "a\\b", "^a\\b$"]', 'lax $[*] ? (@ like_regex "^a\\B$" flag "iq")');
 select jsonb_path_query('[null, 1, "a\b", "a\\b", "^a\\b$"]', 'lax $[*] ? (@ like_regex "^a\\b$" flag "")');

+select jsonb_path_query('null', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('true', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('1', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('[]', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('[]', 'strict $.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('{}', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('""', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("aaa")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"aaaa"', '$.datetime("HH24")');
+
+select jsonb '"10-03-2017"' @? '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy")';
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy").type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy").type()');
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '       $.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI").type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM").type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI:SS").type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI:SS TZH:TZM").type()');
+
+set time zone '+00';
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+
+set time zone '+10';
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"10-03-2017 12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("dd-mm-yyyy HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 +05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34 -05:20"', '$.datetime("HH24:MI TZH:TZM")');
+
+set time zone default;
+
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10"', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56"', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"2017-03-10 12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56"', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3"', '$.datetime()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime().type()');
+select jsonb_path_query('"12:34:56 +3:10"', '$.datetime()');
+
+set time zone '+00';
+
+-- date comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "2017-03-09", "12:34:56", "01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 00:00:00", "2017-03-10 12:34:56", "2017-03-10 01:02:03 +04", "2017-03-10 03:00:00 +03"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "10.03.2017".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy"))');
+
+-- time comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00", "12:35:00", "12:36:00", "12:35:00 +00", "12:35:00 +01", "13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35".datetime("HH24:MI"))');
+
+-- timetz comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["12:34:00 +01", "12:35:00 +01", "12:36:00 +01", "12:35:00 +02", "12:35:00 -02", "10:35:00", "11:35:00", "12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +1"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ <  "12:35 +1".datetime("HH24:MI TZH"))');
+
+-- timestamp comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:36:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 13:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -01", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI"))');
+
+-- timestamptz comparison
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ == "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ >= "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+select jsonb_path_query_tz(
+	'["2017-03-10 12:34:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:36:00 +01", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 +02", "2017-03-10 12:35:00 -02", "2017-03-10 10:35:00", "2017-03-10 11:35:00", "2017-03-10 12:35:00", "2017-03-10", "2017-03-11", "12:34:56", "12:34:56 +01"]',
+	'$[*].datetime() ? (@ < "10.03.2017 12:35 +1".datetime("dd.mm.yyyy HH24:MI TZH"))');
+
+set time zone default;
+
 -- jsonpath operators

 SELECT jsonb_path_query('[{"a": 1}, {"a": 2}]', '$[*]');
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonpath.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonpath.sql
index 29ea77a..713d324 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/jsonpath.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/jsonpath.sql
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ select '"aaa".type()'::jsonpath;
 select 'true.type()'::jsonpath;
 select '$.double().floor().ceiling().abs()'::jsonpath;
 select '$.keyvalue().key'::jsonpath;
+select '$.datetime()'::jsonpath;
+select '$.datetime("datetime template")'::jsonpath;

 select '$ ? (@ starts with "abc")'::jsonpath;
 select '$ ? (@ starts with $var)'::jsonpath;