Re: DATE

john whale wrote:
>PLEASE ADVISE HOW I SHOULD ALTER THE COMMAND:
>
><$NOW;DDMMMM;YYYY>
>
>TO GIVE ME A DATE THAT IS X DAYS FORWARD
>
>ie: I WISH TO REPRESENT A DATE IN FORM WHICH IS A 7 DAYS FORWARD
>OF THE DATE NOW.

I don't recognise the format you are using, but in standard SQL:

template1=# select CURRENT_DATE as now,
template1-# CAST (CURRENT_DATE + INTERVAL '7 days' AS DATE) as week;
now | week
------------+------------
2001-01-24 | 2001-01-31
(1 row)

Use to_char() for date formatting.

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