Re: timestampdiff() implementation

From: Vladimir Sitnikov <sitnikov(dot)vladimir(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>, Matthew Bellew <matthewb(at)labkey(dot)com>
Cc: List <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: timestampdiff() implementation
Date: 2015-12-15 16:00:08
Message-ID: CAB=Je-FnBRGosOjV9u=HXhZ_wfUMFEuNQESNW-WjMcO5XTEnYA@mail.gmail.com
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As far as I can see, {fn timestampdiff(SQL_TSI_MINUTE, a, b)} is
translated as extract(minute from (b-a)), so it is not right.

So something like extract(epoch from (b-a))/60 should be used.
Here's a test case:
select x.v
, extract(minute from x.v) extract_minute -- returns 30
, extract(hour from x.v) extract_hour -- returns 1
, extract(epoch from x.v) extract_epoch -- returns 5400
, (extract(epoch from x.v)/60)::bigint extract_epoch_div_60 -- returns 90
from (select interval '1:30' day to second as v) as x

Vladimir

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