Re: age() function documentation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: age() function documentation
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0104111847360.1201-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: age() function documentation  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
Responses Re: age() function documentation  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Thomas Lockhart writes:

> Why do you have a problem with the age() function? It *does* behave
> differently than date subtraction, as explicitly mentioned in the docs
> (preserving years, etc etc).

As you see in one of the examples I posted, it does not preserve years and
months.  What exactly does that mean anyway?  Simple subtraction also
preserves years and months, as I see it.

> Would we like some additional clarification in the docs perhaps? Seems
> to be preferable to dropping all mention, especially since it is a
> useful function.

By all means.

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/



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