Re: Questions about daterange() function

> So here are my questions:
>
> 1)  Is there anyway to control this behavior of daterange(), or is it just
> best to (for example) add 1 to the upper bound argument if I want an
> inclusive upper bound?

See link for question #3; namely use the three-arg version of daterange
(type,type,text)

> 2)  This is purely cosmetic, but is there anyway to control the output
> formatting of a daterange to show the upper bound as inclusive?  So that
> daterange(d1,d2) would display as [d1,d2-1] rather than [d1,d2)?

Not easily - you could write a custom type with the desired canonical form.

> 3)  I couldn't find this discussed in the documentation, and specifically
> didn't find the daterange() function documented, including on this page
> where I might have expected it:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/functions-range.html.  Is it
> somewhere else where I'm not finding it?

Yes, the documentation could maybe use some work on this topic.  The
relevant information is provided at:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/rangetypes.html

See especially: 8.17.2 & 8.17.6

David J.

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