On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, scott.marlowe wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Brian Knox wrote: > > > ( sorry if this is a repeat, my mail server is being wonky today ) > > > > I'm looking for a way, within SQL, given a starting date and an ending > > date, to get back the number of months between the start and end date. > > If I "SELECT end_date - start_date", I get back an interval in days; I > > need months. > > Maybe date_part? > > select date_part('month','2004-08-02 12:00:00'::timestamp) - > date_part('month','2004-05-01 12:00:00'::timestamp);
Note that I think you need a +1 at the end of that... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])