Re: Dates

Subtracting two dates/timestamps will return an interval. So

select now()::date - '2004-01-13'::date

returns 34.

Is this what you need?

On Feb 16, 2004, at 2:01 PM, MaRCeLO PeReiRA wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I am in troubles with some dates.
>
>
> "I need to know the difference, in days, between two
> dates."
>
> Well, if the difference is less than a month, so I
> could use:
>
> SELECT date_part('day', age(now(), mydate));
>
> But, when it is bigger than a month, the select above
> return a wrong information to me:
>
> For instance:
>
> intranet=# select age('30/01/2004', '01/03/2004');
>           age
> -----------------------
>  @ 1 mon 2 days 1 hour
>
> So, if I use date_part(), it would return "2 days",
> not "31 days", that is what I was waiting for.
>
> How can I get the difference, in days, between two
> dates???
>
> Thanks in advance and
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
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