From: Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:45:52 +0200
Message-ID: <1141281952.3737.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1141245396.18820.16.camel@state.g2switchworks.com>
References: <200603012027.k21KRk423759@candle.pha.pa.us>
<1141245396.18820.16.camel@state.g2switchworks.com>
Ühel kenal päeval, K, 2006-03-01 kell 14:36, kirjutas Scott Marlowe:
> > But it isn't '-2 months, -1 day'. I think what you are saying is what I
> > am saying, that we should make the signs consistent.
>
> Pretty much. It just seems wrong to have different signs in what is
> essentially a single unit.
>
> We don't say 42 degrees, -12 minutes when measuring arc, do we? Then
> again, maybe some folks do. It just seems wrong to me.
But we do say both "quarter past three" (3 hours 15 min) and "quarter to
four" (4 hours -15 min) when talking about time.
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Hannu
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