Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units.

From: "Martin A(dot) Brooks" <martin(at)antibodymx(dot)net>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Martin A(dot) Brooks" <martin(at)antibodymx(dot)net>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units.
Date: 2011-05-23 18:58:27
Message-ID: 2a599c2bb32e227b60867f89e0d8bd89.squirrel@olga.hinterlands.org
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On Mon, May 23, 2011 19:50, Tom Lane wrote:
> I think possibly you misunderstand the scope of the breakage you're
> proposing. This is not about the age() function. It's interval_out()
> that's at stake, and so changing this would change the output formatting
> for *every* operation that yields intervals. That makes it pretty
> high-risk.

I didn't, but now do, and can appreciate your caution.

Regards

Martin.

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