Re: Arithmetic operation on DATE - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Antti Linno
Subject Re: Arithmetic operation on DATE
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.04.10108131159090.5034-100000@all.ee
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In response to Arithmetic operation on DATE  ("macky" <macky@edsamail.com>)
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Ok, so here's my small knowledge on this matter

select date(date('2001-08-20')+interval('6 months'));

    date
------------
 2002-02-20

I'm sure there's more elegant and shorter ways of doing this, but a quick
answer, maybe you're stuck somewhere :)

    Antti

Tested it on 7.0.2.


On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, macky wrote:

> is it possible to add a date datatype column to a number resulting to a
> date......
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> theoretically it should do this,,,
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> X is in months
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> date + X = date
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> -->  2001-08-20 + 6 = 2002-02-20
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