Re: [GENERAL] Converting seconds past midnight to a time

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Karl O. Pinc" <kop(at)meme(dot)com> writes:
> > What is the best way to convert an integer number of
> > seconds past midnight into a time?
>
> Intermediate 'interval' value seems to work:
>
> regression=# select (99.44 * '1 second'::interval)::time;
> time
> -------------
> 00:01:39.44
> (1 row)
>
> > On a related note is there some reason why
> > interval + int
> > does not result in the interval plus int number
> > of seconds?
>
> Again, multiplying the number by '1 sec'::interval would get you there.

I have applied the following documentation patch to HEAD and 8.1.X.
It is unified diff because those are easier with single-line changes
like this, where the surrounding text isn't as significant.

I also fixed an example '1 day' - '1 hour' which now computes
differently, and added trailing zero seconds, which is our display
default.

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