Re: Date / interval question

am  Thu, dem 10.04.2008, um 21:26:14 -0600 mailte kevin kempter folgendes:
> I can get the number of days since the start of the fiscal year like
> this:
>
> # select date '01/01/2007' -  date '09/01/2006' as interval;
>  interval
> ----------
>       122
> (1 row)
>
> However I'm stumped [er how to get the number of months from
> 09/01/2007 thru 01/01/2007
>
> Thoughts ?

test=*# select age(date '01/01/2007',date '09/01/2006');
  age
--------
 4 mons


For a longer interval:

test=*# select age(date '01/01/2007',date '09/05/2005');
          age
-----------------------
 1 year 3 mons 26 days
(1 row)

test=*# select extract('month' from age(date '01/01/2007',date '09/05/2005'));
 date_part
-----------
         3
(1 row)



Andreas
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