Date Math

From: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Date Math
Date: 2007-05-07 16:43:50
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0705070931310.20021@salmo.appl-ecosys.com
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I've read both Section 8.5 of the on-line 8.2.4 docs, and the pertinent
sections of Douglas & Douglas, and I'm still not certain that I'm correctly
expressing the query I want. Please correct as needed.

From table (Permits) I want to identify those which expire within a
specified time from today. For example:

SELECT permit_nbr, title, date_issued, term,
process_time from Permits
WHERE (date_issued + term YEARS)
< (CURRENT_DATE + process_time MONTHS);

Should I use TODAY rather than CURRENT_DATE? Do I need to cast intervals
explicitly from seconds to days, months, or years?

Rich

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