> > Are there any functions similar to date_trunc that can return variable 
> > increments i.e.:
> >  
> > 5, 10, or 15 minutes increments,
> > 3, 4, 6 hour increments,
> > 1, 2 weekly increments,
> You might be able to extract the time since the epoch and divide it by the
> appropiate number of seconds (the length of your interval) and truncate
> the result. This might have unexpected results for you when you span
> daylight savings time changes.
> 
> Another option is to not use timestamp, but rather just store an integer that
> represents some number of your intervals offset from an epoch.

Bruno,

Thanks for the suggestions.  I am going to "toy" around with them to see what I 
can get to work.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.

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