Re: Arithmetic operation on DATE

From: "Jason Wong" <postgresql(at)gremlins(dot)com(dot)hk>
To: "macky" <macky(at)edsamail(dot)com>, <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Arithmetic operation on DATE
Date: 2001-08-13 10:02:34
Message-ID: 00be01c123df$1365c380$0400000a@gremlins.com.hk
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I know you can do it for days, thus:

expires = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + 10

would be 10 days from now. Don't know about months though.

HTH
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Jason Wong
Gremlins Associates
www.gremlins.com.hk

----- Original Message -----
From: macky <macky(at)edsamail(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>; <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:48 PM
Subject: [NOVICE] Arithmetic operation on DATE

> is it possible to add a date datatype column to a number resulting to a
> date......
>
>
> theoretically it should do this,,,
>
> X is in months
>
> date + X = date
>
> --> 2001-08-20 + 6 = 2002-02-20
>

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