Re: [SQL] Arithmetic operation on DATE

From: Christopher Sawtell <csawtell(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: "macky" <macky(at)edsamail(dot)com>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [SQL] Arithmetic operation on DATE
Date: 2001-08-13 10:03:40
Message-ID: 20010813100258.9AA3B1FA063@deborah.paradise.net.nz
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:38, macky wrote:
> is it possible to add a date datatype column to a number resulting to a
> date......

chris=# select date(date(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) + '6 @months'::interval);
date
------------
2002-02-13
(1 row)

More of what you want?

> theoretically it should do this,,,
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> X is in months
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> date + X = date
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> --> 2001-08-20 + 6 = 2002-02-20
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