--- Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 10:05:06PM -0700, Louise > Catherine wrote: > > When I execute this statement : > > select AGE(TO_DATE('20041101','yyyymmdd'), > > TO_DATE('19991201','yyyymmdd')) > > > > at postgre 7.3.3, the result : > > age > > --------------------- > > 4 years 11 mons 1 day > > > > at postgre 8.0.3, the result : > > age > > --------------- > > 4 years 11 mons > > > > My question : > > 1. How does postgre 7.3.3 calculate AGE function? > > 2. Why the result produced by postgre 7.3.3 > > is different from postgre 8.0.3 ? > > I get the same answer ("4 years 11 mons") in 7.2.8, > 7.3.10, 7.4.8, > 8.0.3, and 8.1beta1. Have you verified that > to_date() is returning > the correct dates? What are the results of the > following queries > on each of your systems? > > SELECT TO_DATE('19991201','yyyymmdd'), > TO_TIMESTAMP('19991201','yyyymmdd'); > SELECT TO_DATE('20041101','yyyymmdd'), > TO_TIMESTAMP('20041101','yyyymmdd'); > SHOW TimeZone;
at PostgreSQL 7.3.3 : to_date to_timestamp ---------- --------------------- 1999-12-01 1999-12-01 00:00:00+07 to_date to_timestamp ---------- --------------------- 2004-11-01 2004-11-01 00:00:00+07 TimeZone ----------- unknown at PostgreSQL 8.0.3 : to_date to_timestamp ---------- --------------------- 1999-12-01 1999-12-01 00:00:00+07 to_date to_timestamp ---------- --------------------- 2004-11-01 2004-11-01 00:00:00+07 TimeZone ------------ Asia/Jakarta > What operating system are you using? I'm using SuSE Linux 9.0 for the operating system The result from your queries are similar, so what's wrong in my queries? What should I do? Cause I must migrate database from PostgreSQL 7.3.3 to PostgreSQl 8.0.3. > BTW, it's "PostgreSQL" or "Postgres," not "postgre." Sorry about the name :) Thanks, Louise __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq