On 1/8/25 11:58 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> I'd hoped that ::INTERVAL MINUTE TO SECOND would do the trick, but
> MINUTE TO SECOND seems to be ignored.
From here:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-INTERVAL-INPUT <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-INTERVAL-INPUT>
"Also, field values “to the right” of the least significant field
allowed by the fields specification are silently discarded. For
example,
writing INTERVAL '1 day 2:03:04' HOUR TO MINUTE results in dropping the
seconds field, but not the day field."
I read that, but it did not mention that the day values are retained.
I suggest reading the entire section(8.5.4. Interval Input) as well as
8.5.5. Interval Output.
>
> Is there cast magic that does what I want?
The only way I can think of extract the epoch from the interval and
pass
to a function that builds what you want.
I was afraid of that. Must decide if it's worth the time.
If you don't mind decimal minutes, a quick and dirty solution is:
select extract(epoch from (now() - '2025-01-07 14:15:32'::timestamptz))
/ 60;
1301.5244606333333333
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Adrian Klaver
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