Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units.

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Martin A(dot) Brooks" <martin(at)antibodymx(dot)net>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #6028: age() function output contracts "months", but not any other units.
Date: 2011-05-23 19:17:36
Message-ID: 4DDA6C80020000250003DB45@gw.wicourts.gov
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"Martin A. Brooks" <martin(at)antibodymx(dot)net> wrote:

> My current $dayjob is working in an industry where details and
> aesthetics are everything. We will spend thousands of hours of
> processor time just to make sure than the sheen on an animal's fur
> will suggest "healthy and luxuriant" rather than "warm and moist".
> It's about artistic polish.
>
> If people are agreeing that this is not the intended, desrired or
> specified output for this function, then make with the polish.

Of course, you can always write your own function to output in as
polished a format as you would prefer, without breaking anything for
anyone else.

-Kevin

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