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Re: extract or date_part on an interval? How many e


  • From: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1(at)obviously(dot)com>
  • To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: extract or date_part on an interval? How many e
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:51:32 -0800
  • Message-id: <479D5F54.3040107@obviously.com> <text/plain>

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Sigh. Ok, I settled on:<br>
<blockquote><tt>select '1987-01-29'::timestamp + interval '21 years'
&gt; now();</tt><br>
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Which is closer to what I wanted anyway (this was all about determining
who was under 21 years old).  This at least should be robust over leap
years.<br>
<br>
<br>
Tom Lane wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:16843(dot)1201489840(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us" type="cite">
  <pre wrap="">There is nothing simple about datetime calculations, ever :-(
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