subtract a day from the NOW function

From: "Campbell, Lance" <lance(at)uiuc(dot)edu>
To: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: subtract a day from the NOW function
Date: 2007-06-07 16:08:35
Message-ID: A3AC4FA47DC0B1458C3E5396E685E63302395E24@SAB-DC1.sab.uiuc.edu
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Field "some_timestamp" is a timestamp.

In a "WHERE" statement I need to compare a timestamp field in a table
"some_timestamp" to now() - one day.

Example:

SELECT some_timestamp WHERE to_char(some_timestamp, 'YYYYMMDD') >
(to_char(now(), 'YYYYMMDD') - 1 day);

The statement "to_char(now(), 'YYYYMMDD') - 1 day)" is obviously
incorrect. I just need to know how to form this in a way that will
work.

If there is an entirely different solution I am all for it. Do note
that I started down this path because I want to exclude the hour,
minutes and seconds found in the field "some_timestamp" and in the
function now().

Thanks,

Lance Campbell

Project Manager/Software Architect

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University of Illinois

217.333.0382

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