acceda a los alias de una columna en la cláusula where en postgresql

Así es como lo hizo:alias en el nombre de la columna

select 
  -- etc etc 
  (select innerDLI.datetime_created from distribution_line_items innerDLI where innerDLI.item_number = distribution_line_items.item_number order by innerDLI.datetime_created asc limit 1) as Origination,
  -- etc etc
from distribution_stop_information
  -- etc etc

Así es como puede ponerlo en el lugar, alias en la unión

select 
  -- etc etc 
  Origination.datetime_created
  -- etc etc
from distribution_stop_information 
left join distribution_line_items AS Origination ON Origination.item_number = distribution_line_items.item_number
where Origination.datetime_created > to_date(?, 'YYYY-MM-DD') - interval '180 days'  
-- etc etc