Re: Querying date interval - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Querying date interval
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Msg-id 25500.979571694@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Querying date interval  (Renato De Giovanni <rdg@viafractal.com.br>)
List pgsql-sql
Renato De Giovanni <rdg@viafractal.com.br> writes:
> create table testdate (field1 date);
> insert into testdate values ('2000-09-30');
> insert into testdate values ('2000-10-20');
> insert into testdate values ('2000-11-25');
> select * from testdate where field1 between '2000-10-01' and
> '2000-11-30' ;

>    field1
> ------------
>  2000-09-30   <---- why is it here??
>  2000-10-20
>  2000-11-25
> (3 rows)

Curious.  I can't reproduce this error in EST5EDT timezone, using
either 7.0.2 or current.

What PG version are you using, and with what timezone setting?
Is 2000-09-30 or 2000-10-01 a daylight-savings transition date in your
timezone?
        regards, tom lane


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