Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units. - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units.
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Msg-id 4DDA6C80020000250003DB45@gw.wicourts.gov
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In response to Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units.  ("Martin A. Brooks" <martin@antibodymx.net>)
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"Martin A. Brooks" <martin@antibodymx.net> wrote:

> My current $dayjob is working in an industry where details and
> aesthetics are everything.  We will spend thousands of hours of
> processor time just to make sure than the sheen on an animal's fur
> will suggest "healthy and luxuriant" rather than "warm and moist".
> It's about artistic polish.
>
> If people are agreeing that this is not the intended, desrired or
> specified output for this function, then make with the polish.

Of course, you can always write your own function to output in as
polished a format as you would prefer, without breaking anything for
anyone else.

-Kevin

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