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* date function problem
@ 2004-02-03 15:51 mohan@physics.gmu.edu
2004-02-03 16:01 ` Re: date function problem Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
2004-02-03 16:03 ` Re: date function problem Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
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From: mohan@physics.gmu.edu @ 2004-02-03 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Hi All
I have an expiration_date column in my table with data type as timestamp.
I need to set that as one year after the current time. how do i do that. I
am getting a casting problem whenever i try something.
something like now()+ 1 year. Please let me know
--mohan
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* Re: date function problem
2004-02-03 15:51 date function problem mohan@physics.gmu.edu
@ 2004-02-03 16:01 ` Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
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From: Larry Rosenman @ 2004-02-03 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mohan@physics.gmu.edu; pgsql-sql
--On Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:51:45 -0500 mohan@physics.gmu.edu wrote:
> Hi All
> I have an expiration_date column in my table with data type as timestamp.
> I need to set that as one year after the current time. how do i do that. I
> am getting a casting problem whenever i try something.
>
> something like now()+ 1 year. Please let me know
ler=# select now()+'1 year';
?column?
-------------------------------
2005-02-03 10:00:40.913383-06
(1 row)
ler=#
ler=# select version();
version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------
PostgreSQL 7.4.1 on i386-portbld-freebsd5.2, compiled by GCC cc (GCC)
3.3.3 [FreeBSD] 20031106
(1 row)
ler=#
> --mohan
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* Re: date function problem
2004-02-03 15:51 date function problem mohan@physics.gmu.edu
@ 2004-02-03 16:03 ` Tomasz Myrta <jasiek@klaster.net>
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From: Tomasz Myrta @ 2004-02-03 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Dnia 2004-02-03 16:51, Użytkownik mohan@physics.gmu.edu napisał:
> Hi All
> I have an expiration_date column in my table with data type as timestamp.
> I need to set that as one year after the current time. how do i do that. I
> am getting a casting problem whenever i try something.
>
> something like now()+ 1 year. Please let me know
now()+'1 year'::interval
I suggest you reading more about interval datatype in documentation.
Regards,
Tomasz Myrta
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