Re: query for records based on date - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Martín Marqués
Subject Re: query for records based on date
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Msg-id 200502211742.55144.martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar
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In response to query for records based on date  ("Brandon Metcalf" <bmetcalf@nortel.com>)
Responses Re: query for records based on date  ("Brandon Metcalf" <bmetcalf@nortel.com>)
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El Lun 21 Feb 2005 17:00, Brandon Metcalf escribió:
> If I have a table with an attribute of type "timestamp without time
> zone", what is the best way to query that table for records that are
> older than, say, one week.
>
> I suppose I could get the current time in epoch seconds and the time of
> the attribute in the same, and select those records where the difference
> is greater than the number of seconds in a week.  Is there something
> easier like
>
>   SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute IS OLDER THAN one week;

SELECT * FROM table WHERE attribute < (now()::DATE - 7)::TIMESTAMP;

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