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From: Pierre-Frédéric Caillaud <lists@boutiquenumerique.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Formatting an Interval
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:09:24 +0100
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Note that there will be a loss of precision as an interval of 1 month, for  
instance, does not mean any specific number of days, as :

1 february + 1 month = 1 march	(1 month = 28 or 29 days)
1 december + 1 month = 1 january	(1 month = 31 days)

Same for years etc.

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