Re: how to cast for dates/datetimes?

From: "D(dot) Duccini" <duccini(at)backpack(dot)com>
To: Frank Bax <fbax(at)execulink(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: how to cast for dates/datetimes?
Date: 2000-08-22 14:05:50
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.03.10008220904310.12957-100000@ra.bpsi.net
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> I suspect that your calculation yeilds a timestamp instead of date because
> 'now' is a timestamp, not a date, try:
>
> select sum(total) from lineitemsnext where date <= ('now'::date + '1
> month'::timespan)::date;

This one did the trick. I'll try the other variants later on.

Thanks!

-duck

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