Jeff MacDonald wrote:
> bignose=> select start,stop, stop-start as start_stop from foo;
> start | stop | start_stop
> ------------------------+------------------------+------------
> 2000-06-22 20:37:12-03 | 2000-06-22 20:37:12-03 | 00:000
>
> now my question.. first of all is the first start_stop result a little
> off ? (talking about the 3 0's..)
What's off about it?? Your start and stop appear identical.
> second is there a way i can do a select so it says something more human
> usable ie : 100 days 22 hours 32 minutes..
Try to_char(). http://www.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/x2976.htm
Regards,
Ed Loehr