On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Ben-Nes Michael wrote:
> 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 ?
template1=# select now() - 28;
?column?
------------
12-06-2001
(1 row)
template1=#
That's with 7.1.2, as someone else pointed out your original way
works in 7.2.
Vince.
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