date/time problem in v6.5.3 and 7.0.0 ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject date/time problem in v6.5.3 and 7.0.0 ...
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.21.0001142201470.46499-100000@thelab.hub.org
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Responses Re: [HACKERS] date/time problem in v6.5.3 and 7.0.0 ...
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I can add days to now(), but not subtract? 

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template1=> select now() + '30 days';          ?column?           
------------------------------Sun Feb 13 22:00:33 2000 AST
(1 row)

template1=> select now() - '30 days';
ERROR:  Unable to identify an operator '-' for types 'timestamp' and 'unknown'       You will have to retype this query
usingan explicit cast
 
template1=> select version();                              version                               
---------------------------------------------------------------------PostgreSQL 7.0.0 on i386-unknown-freebsd4.0,
compiledby gcc 2.95.2
 
(1 row)




Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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