From: Brandon Metcalf <bmetcalf@nortel.com>
To: Martín Marqués <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: query for records based on date
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:48:00 -0600 (CST)
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<200502211742.55144.martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>
m == martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar writes:
m> El Lun 21 Feb 2005 17:00, Brandon Metcalf escribió:
m> > If I have a table with an attribute of type "timestamp without time
m> > zone", what is the best way to query that table for records that are
m> > older than, say, one week.
m> >
m> > I suppose I could get the current time in epoch seconds and the time of
m> > the attribute in the same, and select those records where the difference
m> > is greater than the number of seconds in a week. Is there something
m> > easier like
m> >
m> > SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute IS OLDER THAN one week;
m> SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute < (now()::DATE - 7)::TIMESTAMP;
Thanks.
--
Brandon
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