Hi,
I think is not a bug.The result is normal becuase function TO_DAYS() return
the daynumber and not the date.If you wish to find a date depend on the
number of days you can try(like example):
select FROM_DAYS(TO_DAYS(NOW())-3);
Read the manual about this two functions
Regards,
Gelu
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From: "Dobromir Velev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:37 PM
Subject: May be bug in MySQL 4
> Hi,
> There might be a bug in mysql 4 (tested on 4.0.8-gamma and 4.0.9-gamma)
when
> combining simple arithmetic operations and date conversion
>
> I have a table with the following structure
> date_col date 0000-00-00
> int_col tinyint(3) unsigned
>
> This is what happens when I try to run a query like the one below.
>
> mysql> select to_days(Now())-to_days(data_col)-int_col
> from table_name where to_days(Now())-to_days(data_col)<int_col;
>
> +-----------------------------------+
> | to_days(Now())-to_days(date_col)-int_col |
> +-----------------------------------+
> | 18446744073709551607 |
> | 18446744073709551609 |
> | 18446744073709551607 |
> | 18446744073709551609 |
> | 18446744073709551607 |
> | 18446744073709551615 |
>
>
> Tested on Linux Redhat 7.3 and on a Slackware 7.0.0
>
> TIA
> Dobromir Velev
>
>
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