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: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "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 18:55:21
Message-ID: 200709212055.22842.peter_e@gmx.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Eugene M. Hutorny" <eugene(at)ksf(dot)kiev(dot)ua> writes:
> > SQL statemet
> > SELECT EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM INTERVAL '1 day');
> >
> > Returns: 1
> > Expected: 0
>
> Why would you expect that? Quarters are numbered 1 through 4.
> And it doesn't "always return 1":
>
> regression=# SELECT EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM INTERVAL '3 months');
> date_part
> -----------
> 2
> (1 row)

SELECT EXTRACT(QUARTER FROM INTERVAL '200 days') gives 1. Why is that?

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Peter Eisentraut
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