Re: query for records based on date

From: Martín Marqués <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
To: "Brandon Metcalf" <bmetcalf(at)nortel(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: query for records based on date
Date: 2005-02-21 20:42:54
Message-ID: 200502211742.55144.martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar
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El Lun 21 Feb 2005 17:00, Brandon Metcalf escribió:
> If I have a table with an attribute of type "timestamp without time
> zone", what is the best way to query that table for records that are
> older than, say, one week.
>
> I suppose I could get the current time in epoch seconds and the time of
> the attribute in the same, and select those records where the difference
> is greater than the number of seconds in a week. Is there something
> easier like
>
> SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute IS OLDER THAN one week;

SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute < (now()::DATE - 7)::TIMESTAMP;

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