Problem in age on a dates interval

From: Luis Sousa <llsousa(at)ualg(dot)pt>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Problem in age on a dates interval
Date: 2004-07-16 08:45:24
Message-ID: 40F795A4.5030206@ualg.pt
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Hi all,

I'm using PostgreSQL 7.3.3 on i386-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc
(GCC) 3.3 (Debian), and I don't understand the results of the following
queries:

SELECT age('2004-05-14 16:00'::timestamp,'2004-02-18 16:00'::timestamp);
age
----------------
2 mons 25 days

SELECT '2004-02-18 16:00'::timestamp+'2 mons 25 days'::interval;
?column?
---------------------
2004-05-13 16:00:00

In this case, the age from 2004-05-14 16:00 to 2004-02-18 16:00 is 2
mons 25 days, but if I add the age to the initial date, it returns one
day less!?

SELECT age('2004-05-26 16:00'::timestamp,'2004-02-18 16:00'::timestamp);
age
---------------
3 mons 8 days

SELECT '2004-02-18 16:00'::timestamp+'3 mons 8 days'::interval;
?column?
---------------------
2004-05-26 16:00:00

Here, the age between 2004-05-26 16:00 and 2004-02-18 16:00 is 3 mons 8
days, and this interval added to the initial date gives the correct result!!

Best regards,
Luis Sousa

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