Re: [GENERAL] select using date

> Trying to use select statement using CURRENT_DATE
> Which works fine like so:
>
> select * from headlines where dateof = CURRENT_DATE order by dateof desc
>
> But I'm also wanting to do something similar to:
>
> select * from headlines where dateof = CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL '1' DAY
> order by dateof desc
>
> Basically just trying to subtract 1 day from the CURRENT_DATE

Kevin,

(1) Handy hint: try '\df' once in the psql utility.
This gives a nice list of functions, their return types, and
brief descriptions of what they accomplish.

(2) The function for which you seek is probably "timemi" which
takes a time as its first argument and a time interval
(like 1 day) as its second argument.

For example, same time yesterday:

select timemi('now'::datetime, '1 day'::timespan);

- Tim