Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting
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Msg-id 16750.1141254462@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting  (Mark Dilger <pgsql@markdilger.com>)
Re: [SQL] Interval subtracting  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Based on that, I guess I have to change my vote: justify_hours should
>> still not look at the month (because it shouldn't use the month=30days
>> assumption), but justify_days should be changed to be effectively a
>> combination of both functions --- that is, it should fix all three
>> fields using both the 30days and the 24hours assumptions.  Then it could
>> guarantee that all come out with the same sign.

> If we do that, we should just call it justify_interval().  I am thinking
> this is the direction to go, and for people who want more control they
> use the justify_hours and justify_days, and those are left unchanged.

Well, the question is whether justify_days has a sane definition that is
different from this.  Based on your example, I'm not seeing one.
        regards, tom lane


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