Re: DateDiff in PostgreSQL

From: Yasir Malik <ymalik(at)heineken(dot)cs(dot)stevens-tech(dot)edu>
To: "George A(dot)J" <jinujosein(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: DateDiff in PostgreSQL
Date: 2003-11-07 13:40:52
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0311070839130.20653@heineken.cs.stevens-tech.edu
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Hi,
You can use the age() function to find the difference between dates, and
use the extract() function to get the years, months, days, etc.
Yasir

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, George A.J wrote:

> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 05:34:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: George A.J <jinujosein(at)yahoo(dot)com>
> To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [SQL] DateDiff in PostgreSQL
>
>
> Hi,
>
> i am converting a MSSQL Server database to PostgreSQL.
>
> Using PostgreSQL version 7.3.2.
>
> Is there any function like the DateDiff() in MSSQL Server.
>
> ie, a function that returns difference of two dates(timestamp) in days or months or year..
>
> The - operator for timestamp retuns the intervel in days only.
>
> Please help
>
> jinujose
>
>
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