Re: [HACKERS] INTERVAL representation

2000-11-07 Thread Thomas Lockhart
> Hmm, I started this reply planning on arguing that _keeping_ the 'ago' > was easiest on my ears. Now I find I've talked myself into losing it, > because it implies too much: 'ago' claims that that one end of the > interval is 'now' and the other end is in the past. If what you've got > is actual

Re: [HACKERS] INTERVAL representation

2000-11-06 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 04:25:23PM +, Thomas Lockhart wrote: > I've been working on date/time issues over the last few weeks (at least > one or two from reports on the list, others that I've stumbled across, > and even one or two planned ones ;) > > > Should we move to signed-only represent

[HACKERS] INTERVAL representation

2000-11-04 Thread Thomas Lockhart
I've been working on date/time issues over the last few weeks (at least one or two from reports on the list, others that I've stumbled across, and even one or two planned ones ;) Anyway, the INTERVAL type output representation has trouble with values such as '-1 month +2 hours' since it assum