Re: Time Help

From: Mark Volpe <volpe(dot)mark(at)epamail(dot)epa(dot)gov>
To: "Brian C(dot) Doyle" <bcdoyle(at)mindspring(dot)com>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Time Help
Date: 2000-08-22 15:03:06
Message-ID: 39A2962A.BE29F97D@epamail.epa.gov
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SELECT '0:00:00'::time + '@ 2 hours 10 mins 6 secs'::timespan;

?column?
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02:10:06

Mark

"Brian C. Doyle" wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> On your 7.0 box would you do:
>
> SELECT '0:00:00'::time + '@ 2 hours 10 mins 6 secs':timespan;
>
> For me and see if it will convert it! Need to decide if the upgrade will be
> with it and if it does this then it is!!!!
>
> Thanks for your help Mark
>
> At 10:36 AM 8/22/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I tried it on a box with postgres 6.5.3 and I got the result you did. On
> >postgres 7.0 I get 02:10:06 for both results. You should upgrade to 7.0 - it
> >is _much_ better.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> >"Brian C. Doyle" wrote:
> > >
> > > Mark,
> > >
> > > I tried that and had to change it to:
> > >
> > > SELECT '0:00:00'::timespan + '02:10:06'::timespan;
> > >
> > > To get any response. the response i got was
> > >
> > > @ 2 hours 10 mins 6 secs
> > >
> > > Still in the wrong format
> > > If is use :
> > >
> > > SELECT '0:00:00'::time + '02:10:06'::timespan;
> > >
> > > It get
> > >
> > > No such function 'time_timespan' with the specified attributes
> > >
> > > So i guess what I want to do is convert a timespan into time
> > > How would I do that?
> > >
> > > At 09:55 AM 8/22/00 -0400, Mark Volpe wrote:
> > > >I'm not sure at all what you are asking, but I'm thinking you're trying to
> > > >convert a "timespan" to a "time". Try adding it to a time like this:
> > > >SELECT '0:00:00'::time + '02:10:06'::timespan;
> > > >
> > > >Mark
> > > >
> > > >"Brian C. Doyle" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a query result of @ 2 hours 10 mins 6 secs and I would like to
> > > > > change that to 02:10:06. Currently the field is listed as
> > "timespan" This
> > > > > allows me to input date as 02:10:06 or 4h 10m 6s or even 2hrs 10
> > min 6 sec
> > > > > which are all the formats that I will be entering the time formats!
> > How do
> > > > > I convert it into a the format of 02:10:06
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks to you all

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