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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Joseph Koshakow <koshy44@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Extract epoch from Interval weird behavior
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Joseph Koshakow <koshy44@gmail.com> writes:
> I do want to briefly mention, if I'm understanding the history of
> EXTRACT correctly, that the previous behavior
> actually was to multiply by 365.25, not 365. However The commit that
> changed the return type from numeric [1]
> changed that behavior. Looking through the discussions [2], I don't
> see any mention of it, which makes me think
> it was a mistake.

Indeed ... Peter?

			regards, tom lane