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From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: [SQL] Re: Arithmetic operation on DATE
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In response to Re: Arithmetic operation on DATE  ("Jason Wong" <postgresql@gremlins.com.hk>)
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Jason, Macky,

>    expires = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + 10
>
> would be 10 days from now. Don't know about months though.

That's almost correct.  Try:

expires := current_timestamp + '10 days'::INTERVAL

For macky's question:

expires := current_timestamp + '6 months'::INTERVAL

I'll be posting a FAQ on data/time datatypes in PostgreSQL soon.

-Josh Berkus


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