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authorAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>2014-03-04 15:09:43 -0300
committerAlvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>2014-03-04 15:09:43 -0300
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Constructors for interval, timestamp, timestamptz
Author: Pavel Stěhule, editorialized somewhat by Álvaro Herrera Reviewed-by: Tomáš Vondra, Marko Tiikkaja With input from Fabrízio de Royes Mello, Jim Nasby
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index d344b3a894a..a1f627cbd6c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -6723,6 +6723,32 @@ SELECT SUBSTRING('XY1234Z', 'Y*?([0-9]{1,3})');
<row>
<entry>
<indexterm>
+ <primary>make_interval</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <literal>
+ <function>
+ make_interval(<parameter>years</parameter> <type>int</type> DEFAULT 0,
+ <parameter>months</parameter> <type>int</type> DEFAULT 0,
+ <parameter>weeks</parameter> <type>int</type> DEFAULT 0,
+ <parameter>days</parameter> <type>int</type> DEFAULT 0,
+ <parameter>hours</parameter> <type>int</type> DEFAULT 0,
+ <parameter>mins</parameter> <type>int</type> DEFAULT 0,
+ <parameter>secs</parameter> <type>double precision</type> DEFAULT 0.0)
+ </function>
+ </literal>
+ </entry>
+ <entry><type>interval</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Create interval from years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and
+ seconds fields
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>make_interval(days := 10)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>10 days</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <indexterm>
<primary>make_time</primary>
</indexterm>
<literal>
@@ -6744,6 +6770,57 @@ SELECT SUBSTRING('XY1234Z', 'Y*?([0-9]{1,3})');
<row>
<entry>
<indexterm>
+ <primary>make_timestamp</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <literal>
+ <function>
+ make_timestamp(<parameter>year</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>month</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>day</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>hour</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>min</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>sec</parameter> <type>double precision</type>)
+ </function>
+ </literal>
+ </entry>
+ <entry><type>timestamp</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Create timestamp from year, month, day, hour, minute and seconds fields
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>make_timestamp(1-23, 7, 15, 8, 15, 23.5)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>2013-07-15 08:15:23.5</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>make_timestamptz</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <literal>
+ <function>
+ make_timestamptz(<parameter>year</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>month</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>day</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>hour</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>min</parameter> <type>int</type>,
+ <parameter>sec</parameter> <type>double precision</type>,
+ <optional> <parameter>timezone</parameter> <type>text</type> </optional>)
+ </function>
+ </literal>
+ </entry>
+ <entry><type>timestamp with time zone</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Create timestamp with time zone from year, month, day, hour, minute
+ and seconds fields. When <parameter>timezone</parameter> is not specified,
+ then current time zone is used.
+ </entry>
+ <entry><literal>make_timestamp(1-23, 7, 15, 8, 15, 23.5)</literal></entry>
+ <entry><literal>2013-07-15 08:15:23.5+01</literal></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <indexterm>
<primary>now</primary>
</indexterm>
<literal><function>now()</function></literal>