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From: "Gnanakumar" <gnanam@zoniac.com>
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Subject: Calculating relative time/distance from CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 13:24:39 +0530
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Hi,

Is there any built-in function/add-on module available in PostgreSQL, that
converts a given "timestamp"/"timestamptz" value into its relative distance
from CURRENT_TIMESTAMP?  For example, relative distance as today, yesterday,
5 minutes ago, 1 week ago, etc.

Regards,
Gnanam