Hiya!
What's happening, where've I goofed?
CREATE TABLE test (d date);
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('11-Apr-2004');
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('27-Mar-2005');
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('16-Apr-2006');
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('08-Apr-2007');
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('23-Mar-2008');
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('12-Apr-2009');
INSERT INTO test(d) VALUES('04-Apr-2010');
SELECT * FROM test;
d
------------
2004-04-11
2005-03-27
2006-04-16
2007-04-08
2008-03-23
2009-04-12
2010-04-04
(7 rows)
SELECT date_part('dow',d) FROM test;
date_part
-----------
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
(7 rows)
This is good - every Easter's on a Sunday so far...
SELECT d+'45 days ago'::interval FROM test;
?column?
------------------------
2004-02-25 23:00:00+00
2005-02-10 00:00:00+00
2006-03-01 23:00:00+00
2007-02-21 23:00:00+00
2008-02-07 00:00:00+00
2009-02-25 23:00:00+00
2010-02-17 23:00:00+00
(7 rows)
Why the different times??? Why the times???
SELECT date_part('dow',d+'45 days ago'::interval) FROM test;
date_part
-----------
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
(7 rows)
So, Ash Wednesday's on a Thursday iff Easter's in March???
Hmmm.
