> > > peter=# SELECT EXTRACT(DOW FROM TIME '20:38:40'); > > > ERROR: Interval units 'dow' not recognized > > > The expression is nonsensical, but so is the result. > > Hmm. Why is the result nonsensical? "day of week" does not have meaning > > for intervals, so it should not be recognized, right? > It's the "interval" part that's troubling me, since it appears nowhere in > the original expression.
Oh yeah. We don't have a date_part(units, time) function defined, so it is getting converted to interval (which in other contexts *does* have some usefulness as a "time equivalent"). We could fairly easily define a date_part() for the time and timetz data types. - Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html