1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py b/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py
index 890a3c3..4958bc6 100644
--- a/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py
+++ b/sqlglot/dialects/dialect.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class _Dialect(type):
         klass.byte_start, klass.byte_end = get_start_end(TokenType.BYTE_STRING)
         klass.raw_start, klass.raw_end = get_start_end(TokenType.RAW_STRING)
 
+        klass.tokenizer_class.identifiers_can_start_with_digit = (
+            klass.identifiers_can_start_with_digit
+        )
+
         return klass
 
 
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ class Dialect(metaclass=_Dialect):
     index_offset = 0
     unnest_column_only = False
     alias_post_tablesample = False
+    identifiers_can_start_with_digit = False
     normalize_functions: t.Optional[str] = "upper"
     null_ordering = "nulls_are_small"
 
@@ -231,6 +236,7 @@ class Dialect(metaclass=_Dialect):
                 "time_trie": self.inverse_time_trie,
                 "unnest_column_only": self.unnest_column_only,
                 "alias_post_tablesample": self.alias_post_tablesample,
+                "identifiers_can_start_with_digit": self.identifiers_can_start_with_digit,
                 "normalize_functions": self.normalize_functions,
                 "null_ordering": self.null_ordering,
                 **opts,
@@ -443,7 +449,7 @@ def date_trunc_to_time(args: t.List) -> exp.DateTrunc | exp.TimestampTrunc:
     unit = seq_get(args, 0)
     this = seq_get(args, 1)
 
-    if isinstance(this, exp.Cast) and this.is_type(exp.DataType.Type.DATE):
+    if isinstance(this, exp.Cast) and this.is_type("date"):
         return exp.DateTrunc(unit=unit, this=this)
     return exp.TimestampTrunc(this=this, unit=unit)
 
@@ -468,6 +474,25 @@ def strposition_to_locate_sql(self: Generator, expression: exp.StrPosition) -> s
     )
 
 
+def left_to_substring_sql(self: Generator, expression: exp.Left) -> str:
+    expression = expression.copy()
+    return self.sql(
+        exp.Substring(
+            this=expression.this, start=exp.Literal.number(1), length=expression.expression
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def right_to_substring_sql(self: Generator, expression: exp.Left) -> str:
+    expression = expression.copy()
+    return self.sql(
+        exp.Substring(
+            this=expression.this,
+            start=exp.Length(this=expression.this) - exp.paren(expression.expression - 1),
+        )
+    )
+
+
 def timestrtotime_sql(self: Generator, expression: exp.TimeStrToTime) -> str:
     return f"CAST({self.sql(expression, 'this')} AS TIMESTAMP)"