Ken Causey wrote:
>
> Here's my perl implementation:
>
> #######################################
> #
> # lastday( month, year (4 digit) )
> #
> # Returns: last day of the month
> #
> #######################################
>
> sub lastday {
> my $month=shift;
> my $year= shift;
>
> $month--;
>
> my @days = (31,0,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31);
>
> if($days[$month] != 0){
> return $days[$month];
> } else {
> # It's Feb, test for leap year
> if($year % 4 != 0){
> return 28;
> } elsif($year % 400 == 0){
> return 29;
> } elsif($year % 100 == 0){
> return 28;
> } else {
> return 29;
> }
> }
> }
>
> Ken Causey
> ineffable
>
> At 02:26 PM 4/12/00 +0200, you wrote:
> >To obtain the number of days in a month, I wrote this function:
> >
> >CREATE FUNCTION dayCountOfMonth(datetime) RETURNS float AS
> >' DECLARE
> > theDate ALIAS FOR $1;
> > monthStart date;
> > monthEnd date;
> > BEGIN
> > monthStart := DATE_TRUNC(''month'', theDate);
> > monthEnd := monthStart + ''1 month''::timespan - ''1 day''::timespan;
> > RETURN DATE_PART(''doy'', monthEnd) - DATE_PART(''doy'', monthStart) + 1;
> > END;
> >' LANGUAGE 'PL/pgSQL';
> >
> >It seems to work, except with the month of October (10).
> >
> >dayCountOfMonth('1997-10-1') => 30
> >dayCountOfMonth('1998-10-1') => 30
> >dayCountOfMonth('1999-10-1') => 31
> >dayCountOfMonth('2000-10-1') => 30
> >dayCountOfMonth('2001-10-1') => 30
> >dayCountOfMonth('2002-10-1') => 30
> >dayCountOfMonth('2003-10-1') => 30
> >dayCountOfMonth('2004-10-1') => 31
> >
> >Just one question: WHY??????
> >(Note: no trouble with February)
> >
> >Is there a function that give the number of days of a month?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Guillaume Perréal - Stagiaire MIAG
> >Cemagref (URH), Lyon, France
> >Tél: (+33) 4.72.20.87.64
> >
> >
Thanks, I rewrote my function to solve my problem.
In fact, the problem is that ('2000-10-01'::datetime + '1 month'::interval)
gives '2000-10-31' instead of '2000-11-01'.
I think it's a bug, isn't it?
Guillaume Perréal - Stagiaire MIAG
Cemagref (URH), Lyon, France
Tél: (+33) 4.72.20.87.64
