diff --git a/macros/internal/metadata_processing/get_escape_characters.sql b/macros/internal/metadata_processing/get_escape_characters.sql
index aab23f42..12ffb08b 100644
--- a/macros/internal/metadata_processing/get_escape_characters.sql
+++ b/macros/internal/metadata_processing/get_escape_characters.sql
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@
 {%- macro postgres__get_escape_characters() %}
     {%- do return (('"', '"')) -%}
 {%- endmacro %}
+
+{%- macro duckdb__get_escape_characters() %}
+    {%- do return (('', '')) -%}
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/macros/supporting/casting/cast_date.sql b/macros/supporting/casting/cast_date.sql
index f3269a67..a49bcfef 100644
--- a/macros/supporting/casting/cast_date.sql
+++ b/macros/supporting/casting/cast_date.sql
@@ -68,4 +68,10 @@
 
     {%- if alias %} AS {{ alias }} {%- endif %}
 
-{%- endmacro -%}
\ No newline at end of file
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{%- macro duckdb__cast_date(column_str, as_string=false, datetime=false, alias=none) -%}
+
+    {{ dbtvault.snowflake__cast_date(column_str=column_str, as_string=as_string, datetime=datetime, alias=alias)}}
+
+{%- endmacro -%}
diff --git a/macros/supporting/casting/cast_datetime.sql b/macros/supporting/casting/cast_datetime.sql
index c086545f..94eb77da 100644
--- a/macros/supporting/casting/cast_datetime.sql
+++ b/macros/supporting/casting/cast_datetime.sql
@@ -66,4 +66,12 @@
 
     {%- if alias %} AS {{ alias }} {%- endif %}
 
-{%- endmacro -%}
\ No newline at end of file
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{%- macro duckdb__cast_datetime(column_str, as_string=false, alias=none, date_type=none) -%}
+
+    to_char(timestamp {{ column_str }}, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.MS')::timestamp
+
+    {%- if alias %} AS {{ alias }} {%- endif %}
+
+{%- endmacro -%}