Re: [SQL] Date question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From clayton cottingham
Subject Re: [SQL] Date question
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In response to RE: [SQL] Date question  ("Francis Solomon" <francis@stellison.co.uk>)
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Francis Solomon wrote:
>
> Hi Boulat,
>
> stasis=# select (now() + '1 year')::date;
>   ?column?
> ------------
>  2002-03-06
> (1 row)
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Francis
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Im a little bit stuck here.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to get date in format 'YYYY-MM-DD' of a date one
> > year from now.
> > So for example today is '2001-03-06' I need to get date 12 months from
> > now
> > which will be '2002-03-06' in todays case...
> >
> > In mysql I used  DATE_ADD(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 12 MONTH) , but that
> > doesnt work in PG.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Boulat Khakimov
>
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i dunno about you but i like this syntax better than the old :: ones

select date(now()+ '1 year');

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