Re: finding if a period is multiples of a given interval

On 01/28/2013 07:17 AM, c k wrote:
> I know that. I have to check the period (dates entered by user) must be
> correct and must be perfectly divisible by the interval given. This is a
> pre-check for the interest calculation.
>
> If user enters '01/04/2010' and '15/05/2010' as the dates, and interval
> as 'month' then, there are 15 days left and if the banking product is
> set to calculate interest for a complete month only, then calculation
> can result in wrong interest figures. So I have to check if given period
> is perfectly divisible by the interval or not.

I changed the dates to match my date_style.

test=> select age('05/15/2010'::date ,'04/01/2010'::date)
test-> ;
age
---------------
1 mon 14 days
(1 row)

test=> select date_part('days', age('05/15/2010'::date
,'04/01/2010'::date));
date_part
-----------
14
(1 row)

test=> select age('06/01/2010'::date ,'04/01/2010'::date)
;
age
--------
2 mons
(1 row)

test=> select date_part('days', age('06/01/2010'::date
,'04/01/2010'::date));
date_part
-----------
0
(1 row)

>
> Regards,
> C P Kulkarni
>
>

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