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To: Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com>
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Subject: Re: timeofday() and now() issue.. 
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Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:
> SELECT CAST (timeofday() as timestamp with time zone) - CAST (now() as timestamp with time zone);
> shudn't it return something close to 0 ?

Works for me ... what's your platform, PG version, and timezone?
And what are you getting from the intermediate steps in that expression?

			regards, tom lane