Re: Extract epoch from Interval weird behavior

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joseph Koshakow <koshy44(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Extract epoch from Interval weird behavior
Date: 2022-02-24 16:27:37
Message-ID: 1352876.1645720057@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joseph Koshakow <koshy44(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I do want to briefly mention, if I'm understanding the history of
> EXTRACT correctly, that the previous behavior
> actually was to multiply by 365.25, not 365. However The commit that
> changed the return type from numeric [1]
> changed that behavior. Looking through the discussions [2], I don't
> see any mention of it, which makes me think
> it was a mistake.

Indeed ... Peter?

regards, tom lane

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