From: Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
To: George A.J <jinujosein@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: DateDiff in PostgreSQL
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:47:25 +0100
Message-ID: <3FABA26D.5030900@klaster.net> (raw)
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Dnia 2003-11-07 14:34, Użytkownik George A.J napisał:
> Hi,
>
> i am converting a MSSQL Server database to PostgreSQL.
>
> Using PostgreSQL version 7.3.2.
>
> Is there any function like the DateDiff() in MSSQL Server.
>
> ie, a function that returns difference of two dates(timestamp) in days
> or months or year..
>
> The - operator for timestamp retuns the intervel in days only.
1. You can convert timestamps to dates and then substract them. The
result will be days::integer.
2. Interval result is not a problem - you can extract epoch from it. The
result is seconds::integer - do whatever you want with it.
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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