Re: timestampdiff() implementation - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

From Vladimir Sitnikov
Subject Re: timestampdiff() implementation
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In response to Re: timestampdiff() implementation  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
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As far as I can see, {fn timestampdiff(SQL_TSI_MINUTE, a, b)} is
translated as extract(minute from (b-a)), so it is not right.

So something like extract(epoch from (b-a))/60 should be used.
Here's a test case:
select x.v
     , extract(minute from x.v) extract_minute  -- returns 30
     , extract(hour from x.v) extract_hour -- returns 1
     , extract(epoch from x.v) extract_epoch -- returns 5400
     , (extract(epoch from x.v)/60)::bigint extract_epoch_div_60 -- returns 90
  from (select interval '1:30' day to second as v) as x

Vladimir


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