> Thomas Lockhart writes:
>
> > Why do you have a problem with the age() function? It *does* behave
> > differently than date subtraction, as explicitly mentioned in the docs
> > (preserving years, etc etc).
>
> As you see in one of the examples I posted, it does not preserve years and
> months. What exactly does that mean anyway? Simple subtraction also
> preserves years and months, as I see it.
From your URL email, this one seems to work:
select age(date '1999-05-17', date '1957-06-13'); age------------------------------- 41 years 11 mons 3
days23:00(1 row)
This one did not:peter=# select date '1999-08-13' - date '1999-06-13'; ?column?---------- 61(1 row)
and this one is less than one month:peter=# select age(date '1999-05-17', date '1999-06-13'); age---------- -27
days(1row)
I will admit age() is a little confusing, but it seems to work as
intended.
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