Re: using dates in pgsql

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: PgSQL Novice ML <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: using dates in pgsql
Date: 2003-08-28 14:13:36
Message-ID: 1062080015.25751.319.camel@haggis
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On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 08:41, Tom Lane wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> writes:
> > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 23:28, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> WHERE activedate < (CURRENT_DATE - 188)
>
> > How does pg know that that's 188 days, and not months or years?
>
> <shrug> ... that's what the "date - integer" operator is defined to do.
> If you want some other behavior, create another operator.

Oh, ok.

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