Below are the dates of Postgres major version releases and when they first became available on RDS and Aurora.
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WITH releases AS (
SELECT * FROM
(VALUES
('13', '2020-09-24'::date, '2021-02-24'::date, '2021-08-26'::date),
('12', '2019-10-03'::date, '2020-03-31'::date, '2021-01-28'::date),
('11', '2018-10-18'::date, '2019-03-13'::date, '2019-11-26'::date),
('10', '2017-10-05'::date, '2018-02-27'::date, '2018-09-25'::date),
('9.6', '2016-09-29'::date, '2016-11-11'::date, '2017-10-24'::date)
) AS t (version, pg, rds, aurora)
)
SELECT
version,
pg AS "Postgres Release",
rds AS "RDS Release",
aurora AS "Aurora Release",
rds - pg AS "PG -> RDS Lag",
aurora - pg AS "PG -> Aurora Lag",
aurora - rds AS "RDS -> Aurora Lag"
FROM
releases
ORDER BY
version::decimal
version | Postgres Release | RDS Release | Aurora Release | PG -> RDS Lag | PG -> Aurora Lag | RDS -> Aurora Lag
---------+------------------+-------------+----------------+---------------+------------------+-------------------
9.6 | 2016-09-29 | 2016-11-11 | 2017-10-24 | 43 | 390 | 347
10 | 2017-10-05 | 2018-02-27 | 2018-09-25 | 145 | 355 | 210
11 | 2018-10-18 | 2019-03-13 | 2019-11-26 | 146 | 404 | 258
12 | 2019-10-03 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-01-28 | 180 | 483 | 303
13 | 2020-09-24 | 2021-02-24 | 2021-08-26 | 153 | 336 | 183
(5 rows)
Postgres release dates https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/
13 on RDS https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/02/amazon-rds-now-supports-postgresql-13/
13 on Aurora https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/08/amazon-aurora-postgresql-13/
12 on RDS https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/03/amazon-rds-now-supports-postgresql-12/
12 on Aurora https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/01/amazon-aurora-supports-postgresql-12/
11 on RDS https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/03/postgresql11-now-supported-in-amazon-rds/
11 on Aurora https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/11/amazon-aurora-postgresql-compatibility-supports-postgresql-11-4/
10 on RDS https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/02/postgresql-10-now-supported-in-amazon-rds/
10 on Aurora https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-aurora-postgresql-compatibility-supports-postgresql104/
9.6 on RDS https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/11/amazon-rds-now-supports-postgresql-9-6-1/
9.6 on Aurora https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-amazon-aurora-with-postgresql-compatibility/