Re: Weeks elapsed to Months elapsed conversion - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Fernando Hevia
Subject Re: Weeks elapsed to Months elapsed conversion
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Msg-id 002501c8c271$4e46e0a0$8f01010a@iptel.com.ar
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In response to Weeks elapsed to Months elapsed conversion  (Allan Kamau <allank@sanbi.ac.za>)
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> 
> Hi all,
> I have a simple question (tried googling but found no 
> answers). How do I convert weeks elapsed into months elapsed?
> I have data that contains duration in weeks (without any 
> other date values such as year and so on) for example a week 
> value of 14 and I would like to convert the 14 weeks to 3 
> months (some lose of accuracy expected).
> Expected tests may be:
> 14 weeks yields 3 months.
> 1 weeks yields 0 months.
> 

If accuracy isnt a issue probably floor() could suite you:

months=select floor(weeks/4);

Regards,
Fernando.



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