Simplicity in time/date functions

Hi All

I was amazed that:
select current_date() - 28 dont work at postgresql :(

I checked here and there and found that in postgresql i need to do something
like this:

select current_date::TIMESTAMP - '28 days'::INTERVAL as date

whow, is there a shorter way ?

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