Re: Timestamp/Interval proposals: Part 2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hannu Krosing
Subject Re: Timestamp/Interval proposals: Part 2
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Msg-id 1023700409.4416.10.camel@taru.tm.ee
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In response to Re: Timestamp/Interval proposals: Part 2  (Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>)
Responses Re: Timestamp/Interval proposals: Part 2  (Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>)
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On Mon, 2002-06-10 at 09:58, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:48:31PM -0700, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > 
> > > Proposal #4:  Create to_char(INTERVAL, 'format string') Function.
> > > Reason:  self-evident, I think.
> > 
> > Oh. Didn't know it wasn't already there.
> 
>  I'm _sure_ that to_char() is there for interval.
> 
> testt=# select to_char('33s 15h 10m 5month'::interval, 'HH:MI:SS Month');
>       to_char       
> --------------------
>  03:10:33 May
> (1 row)

Does "May" make sense for an _interval _ ? (Feb 22 + May = Jul 22)?

Would not "5 months" make more sense ?

Or is it some ISO standard ?

Ditto for 15h -> 03 .

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Hannu





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