Re: BUG #3624: EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM INTERVAL) always returns 1

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Eugene M(dot) Hutorny" <eugene(at)ksf(dot)kiev(dot)ua>
Subject: Re: BUG #3624: EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM INTERVAL) always returns 1
Date: 2007-09-21 14:57:46
Message-ID: 200709211657.46608.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Freitag, 21. September 2007 schrieb Eugene M. Hutorny:
> SQL statemet
> SELECT EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM INTERVAL '1 day');
>
> Returns: 1
> Expected: 0
> Or: ERROR: interval units "quarter" not supported

An alternative behavior would be to return something like

ceil($argument / (360/4))

or however one would calculate the quarter exactly.

The current behavior makes no sense to me either.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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