Re: to_char(interval) ?

From: Theodore Petrosky <tedpet5(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: to_char(interval) ?
Date: 2005-04-25 11:48:33
Message-ID: 20050425114833.89927.qmail@web41010.mail.yahoo.com
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This is perfect.

select extract(epoch from '1 day 1 hour 15
minute'::interval)/3600 || 'hours';
?column?
------------
25.25hours
(1 row)

I must have looked at this for hours and not seen the
'interval' part of the epoch...

Thanks,

Ted

--- Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 13:08:04 -0700,
> Theodore Petrosky <tedpet5(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> > how do I get an interval '1 day 1 hour' to display
> as
> > '25 hours'. I am hunting in the docs (and
> googling)
> > and either I am blind or I need a special
> function?
> >
> > Is there an easy way?
>
> EXTRACT epoch from the interval and divide by 3600
> and concatenate to ' hours'.
>
> area=> select extract(epoch from '1 day 1
> hour'::interval)/3600 || ' hours';
> ?column?
> ----------
> 25 hours
> (1 row)
>

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