Re: day difference

Jackie Siu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there exist a function to calculate day difference between two date. For
> example: select functionx('1JAN2001','5FEB2001') from abc where .... Then it
> returns 36 (days). Thanks for your help.

chris=# select ('5feb2001'::date - '1jan2001'::date) as "Days
Difference";Days Difference 
-----------------             35
(1 row)

chris=# select version();                           version                            
---------------------------------------------------------------PostgreSQL 7.1.1 on i586-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC
2.95.3
(1 row)

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