Re: timestamp with time zone a la sql99

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: timestamp with time zone a la sql99
Date: 2004-10-25 20:20:01
Message-ID: 200410251320.01311.josh@agliodbs.com
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Dennis,

> An implementation like the one Tom (and I) want would start with
>
> 2004-10-09 10:00 PDT
>
> and then after the addition one would get
>
> 2004-11-23 10:00:00 PST

Sounds like we're on the same page then.

> The standard restrict the hour field to the interval 0-23, so there can
> never be any compare between for example '1 day 1 hour' and '25 hours'.
> This means that one can not add two intervals together to get a bigger
> one but that it would still work to do timestamp+interval+interval.

Hour field of the timestamp, or hour field of interval? There a world of
difference.

As long as we're willing to live with the understanding that +1day 1 hour may
produce a slightly different result than + 25 hours, I don't see the problem.
Currently I can add +900 hours if I like, postgreSQL will support it.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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