From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Mark Dilger <pgsql(at)markdilger(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting |
Date: | 2006-03-01 18:24:28 |
Message-ID: | 20060301182428.GF82012@pervasive.com |
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On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:59:29PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Good question. Should we restrict days to 0 - 30 or -30 - 30? The
> current system does the later:
>
> test=> select justify_days('-45 days');
> justify_days
> ------------------
> -1 mons -15 days
> (1 row)
>
> test=> select justify_days('1 month -45 days');
> justify_days
> --------------
> -15 days
> (1 row)
>
> test=> select justify_days('1 month -15 days');
> justify_days
> ----------------
> 1 mon -15 days
> (1 row)
>
> Should we be adjusting the last one? I am unsure. Comments?
ISTM it should be looking at the sign of the overall interval, and
sticking with that consistently. So while '1 mon 5 days' and '-3 mon -8
days' both make sense, '1 mon -2 days' doesn't make nearly as much sense
in the general case. Of course this is complicated by the fact that '1
mon 20 days' doesn't necessarily equate to '2 mon -10 days'... :(
One of these days we should just create a new calendar. ;)
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