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Re: timestamp subtraction (was Re: [SQL] formatting intervals with to_char)

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Old 04-12-2008, 05:13 AM
Josh Berkus
 
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Default Re: timestamp subtraction (was Re: [SQL] formatting intervals with to_char)

Jim,

> I agree in general, except most languages have terrible support for
> time/date data, so I can see a much bigger case for the database being
> able to do it (and it's not like we'll be removing justify_*). Be that
> as it may, there are probably apps out there that will break if this is
> just changed.


Many.

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--Josh

Josh Berkus
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