Thread: date function problem

Hi All
I have an expiration_date column in my table with data type as timestamp.
I need to set that as one year after the current time. how do i do that. I
am getting a casting problem whenever i try something.

something like now()+ 1 year. Please let me know

--mohan

--On Tuesday, February 03, 2004 10:51:45 -0500 mohan@physics.gmu.edu wrote:

> Hi All
> I have an expiration_date column in my table with data type as timestamp.
> I need to set that as one year after the current time. how do i do that. I
> am getting a casting problem whenever i try something.
>
> something like now()+ 1 year. Please let me know

ler=# select now()+'1 year';          ?column?
-------------------------------2005-02-03 10:00:40.913383-06
(1 row)

ler=#

ler=# select version();                                           version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------PostgreSQL 7.4.1 on i386-portbld-freebsd5.2, compiled by GCC cc (GCC)
3.3.3 [FreeBSD] 20031106
(1 row)

ler=#


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Dnia 2004-02-03 16:51, Użytkownik mohan@physics.gmu.edu napisał:
> Hi All
> I have an expiration_date column in my table with data type as timestamp.
> I need to set that as one year after the current time. how do i do that. I
> am getting a casting problem whenever i try something.
> 
> something like now()+ 1 year. Please let me know

now()+'1 year'::interval

I suggest you reading more about interval datatype in documentation.

Regards,
Tomasz Myrta