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Re: DateDiff in PostgreSQL

From
Yasir Malik
Date:
Hi,
You can use the age() function to find the difference between dates, and
use the extract() function to get the years, months, days, etc.
Yasir

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, George A.J wrote:

> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 05:34:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: George A.J <jinujosein@yahoo.com>
> To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: [SQL] DateDiff in PostgreSQL
>
>
> Hi,
>
> i am converting a MSSQL Server database to PostgreSQL.
>
> Using PostgreSQL version 7.3.2.
>
> Is there any function like the DateDiff() in MSSQL Server.
>
> ie, a function that returns difference of two dates(timestamp) in days or months or year..
>
> The - operator for timestamp retuns the intervel in days only.
>
> Please help
>
> jinujose
>
>
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Re: DateDiff in PostgreSQL

From
"George A.J"
Date:


Yasir Malik <ymalik@heineken.cs.stevens-tech.edu> wrote:

>You can use the age() function to find the difference between dates, and
>use the extract() function to get the years, months, days, etc.
>Yasir

this will not work because age('25/12/1975','30/01/1986')
wil return '10 year 1 month 5 days'

extract only returns years -10, moths-1, days-5.

this is not i want.Actual month  difference between the dates are 121 months.

jinu jose

 

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