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Gerhard Heift <ml-postgresql-20081012-3518@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb:

> Hello,
> 
> I want to get an interval in months from two dates:
> 
> SELECT '2008-02-01'::timestamp - '2008-01-01'::timestamp AS '1 month'
> 
> Here I want '1 month' and not '31 days' as answer.

How long is a month? 28 days? 31 days? But okay, i will try:

test=*# SELECT justify_days('2008-02-01'::timestamp - '2008-01-01'::timestamp) ;
 justify_days
--------------
 1 mon 1 day
(1 row)

Is this okay for you? PostgreSQL assume 30 days per month.



Andreas
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