Thread: datediff is there something like it?

datediff is there something like it?

From
"Joel Fradkin"
Date:

Hi all working my way through our views and all is going very well.

We use datediff in MSSQL a bit and I read about the field1::date – field2::date to return the days numerically.

Is there any way to get months and years besides guessing days / 30 for months etc?

 

Joel Fradkin

 

Wazagua, Inc.
2520 Trailmate Dr
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Tel.  941-753-7111 ext 305

 

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Re: datediff is there something like it?

From
Achilleus Mantzios
Date:
O Joel Fradkin έγραψε στις Jan 25, 2005 :

> Hi all working my way through our views and all is going very well.
> 
> We use datediff in MSSQL a bit and I read about the field1::date -
> field2::date to return the days numerically.
> 
> Is there any way to get months and years besides guessing days / 30 for
> months etc?

Go to 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/functions-datetime.html
Check out smth like...

SELECT 'Achilleus is ' || date_part('years',age(timestamp '1969-01-31')) 
|| ' years and ' || date_part('months',age(timestamp '1969-01-31')) || ' 
months old';               ?column?
-----------------------------------------Achilleus is 35 years and 11 months old
(1 row)



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Re: datediff is there something like it?

From
"Joel Fradkin"
Date:
Yes I am using datepart, but not seeing how with a datediff.
Maybe I just need to do the date math and put a date part on the result.
I will play around a bit when I hit one not looking for days.

Joel Fradkin
Wazagua, Inc.
2520 Trailmate Dr
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Tel.  941-753-7111 ext 305
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From: Achilleus Mantzios [mailto:achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:34 AM
To: Joel Fradkin
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] datediff is there something like it?

O Joel Fradkin έγραψε στις Jan 25, 2005 :

> Hi all working my way through our views and all is going very well.
>
> We use datediff in MSSQL a bit and I read about the field1::date -
> field2::date to return the days numerically.
>
> Is there any way to get months and years besides guessing days / 30 for
> months etc?

Go to
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/functions-datetime.html
Check out smth like...

SELECT 'Achilleus is ' || date_part('years',age(timestamp '1969-01-31'))
|| ' years and ' || date_part('months',age(timestamp '1969-01-31')) || '
months old';               ?column?
-----------------------------------------Achilleus is 35 years and 11 months old
(1 row)



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Re: datediff is there something like it?

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Oleg Bartunov
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Joel Fradkin wrote:

> Yes I am using datepart, but not seeing how with a datediff.
> Maybe I just need to do the date math and put a date part on the result.
> I will play around a bit when I hit one not looking for days.
>

http://www.pgsql.ru/db/pgsearch/index.html?q=datediff

> Joel Fradkin
>
> Wazagua, Inc.
> 2520 Trailmate Dr
> Sarasota, Florida 34243
> Tel.  941-753-7111 ext 305
>
> jfradkin@wazagua.com
> www.wazagua.com
> Powered by Wazagua
> Providing you with the latest Web-based technology & advanced tools.
> © 2004. WAZAGUA, Inc. All rights reserved. WAZAGUA, Inc
> This email message is for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may
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> use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Achilleus Mantzios [mailto:achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:34 AM
> To: Joel Fradkin
> Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] datediff is there something like it?
>
> O Joel Fradkin ?????? ???? Jan 25, 2005 :
>
>> Hi all working my way through our views and all is going very well.
>>
>> We use datediff in MSSQL a bit and I read about the field1::date -
>> field2::date to return the days numerically.
>>
>> Is there any way to get months and years besides guessing days / 30 for
>> months etc?
>
> Go to
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/functions-datetime.html
> Check out smth like...
>
> SELECT 'Achilleus is ' || date_part('years',age(timestamp '1969-01-31'))
> || ' years and ' || date_part('months',age(timestamp '1969-01-31')) || '
> months old';
>                ?column?
> -----------------------------------------
> Achilleus is 35 years and 11 months old
> (1 row)
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joel Fradkin
>>
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>>
>> Wazagua, Inc.
>> 2520 Trailmate Dr
>> Sarasota, Florida 34243
>> Tel.  941-753-7111 ext 305
>>
>>
>>
>> jfradkin@wazagua.com
>> www.wazagua.com
>> Powered by Wazagua
>> Providing you with the latest Web-based technology & advanced tools.
>> C 2004. WAZAGUA, Inc. All rights reserved. WAZAGUA, Inc
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>> contain confidential and privileged information.  Any unauthorized review,
>> use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the
> intended
>> recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and delete and destroy
>> all copies of the original message, including attachments.
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Re: datediff is there something like it?

From
Bruno Wolff III
Date:
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 10:11:40 -0500, Joel Fradkin <jfradkin@wazagua.com> wrote:
> Hi all working my way through our views and all is going very well.
> 
> We use datediff in MSSQL a bit and I read about the field1::date -
> field2::date to return the days numerically.
> 
> Is there any way to get months and years besides guessing days / 30 for
> months etc?

The age function will give a difference in years-months in addition to
days-hours-minutes-seconds.
Depending on what you want, it may not do exactly what you want.