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From: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: extract or date_part on an interval? How many e
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:51:32 -0800
Message-ID: <479D5F54.3040107@obviously.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16843.1201489840@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Sigh. Ok, I settled on:<br>
<blockquote><tt>select '1987-01-29'::timestamp + interval '21 years'
&gt; now();</tt><br>
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Which is closer to what I wanted anyway (this was all about determining
who was under 21 years old).  This at least should be robust over leap
years.<br>
<br>
<br>
Tom Lane wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">There is nothing simple about datetime calculations, ever :-(
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