Re: "two time periods with only an endpoint in common do not overlap" ???

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "two time periods with only an endpoint in common do not overlap" ???
Date: 2021-10-15 13:52:40
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On 10/14/21 7:02 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
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> or the third example in the docs:
>
> SELECT (DATE '2001-02-16', DATE '2001-12-21') OVERLAPS
>        (DATE '2001-10-30', DATE '2002-10-30');
> Result: true
> SELECT (DATE '2001-02-16', INTERVAL '100 days') OVERLAPS
>        (DATE '2001-10-30', DATE '2002-10-30');
> Result: false
> SELECT (DATE '2001-10-29', DATE '2001-10-30') OVERLAPS
>        (DATE '2001-10-30', DATE '2001-10-31');
> Result: false

Why /don't/ they overlap, given that they share a common date?

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