Re: Simplicity in time/date functions

From: "Roderick A(dot) Anderson" <raanders(at)tincan(dot)org>
To: Jason Earl <jason(dot)earl(at)simplot(dot)com>
Cc: Ben-Nes Michael <miki(at)canaan(dot)co(dot)il>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Simplicity in time/date functions
Date: 2002-01-03 23:29:36
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.10.10201031525360.12068-100000@tincan.org
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On 3 Jan 2002, Jason Earl wrote:
>
> Try:
>
> processdata=> SELECT CURRENT_DATE - 28;
> ?column?
> ------------
> 2001-12-06
> (1 row)

Thank you. I have a totally trival view that I was making overly
complex. This fixes it.
Point to note is the use of 'interval' gives the same 'problem'
formating.

SELECT CURRENT_DATE - interval '28 days';
?column?
------------------------
2001-12-06 00:00:00-08
(1 row)

Cheers,
Rod
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