On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 16:11:05 -0500,
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roberto Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Is there any way to make a timestamp difference operation not return an
> > interval? I'd like to get hours, minutes and seconds only, not the "1 day"
> > or whatnot.
>
> I think your complaint is not that you get an interval, but that you
> want it displayed differently. See to_char() ...
I looked at to_char before suggesting extract. The problem is that to_char
will only return hours modulo days. His question implied that he was
going to have intervals longer than a day, so I don't believe to_char
will work.
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