FW: [webmaster] Possible error in documentation for EXTRACT

Started by Mark Clarkabout 10 years ago2 messagesdocs
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#1Mark Clark
mark.clark@enlightedinc.com

TWIMC,
In the documentation for EXTRACT<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/interactive/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT&gt;, the example for “century" is as follows:

SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2000-12-16 12:21:13');
Result: 20
SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 21

I believe the result for the second SELECT is incorrect. I believe it should be:

SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 20

Alternatively, you could change the example to:

SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2100-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 21

If I have missed some point about how this should work, then please ignore this e-mail.

Thanks,
Mark Clark
mark.clark@enlightedinc.com

#2Reid Thompson
Reid.Thompson@ateb.com
In reply to: Mark Clark (#1)
Re: FW: [webmaster] Possible error in documentation for EXTRACT

On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 17:05 +0000, Mark Clark wrote:

 
TWIMC,
           In the documentation for EXTRACT, the example for “century" is as
follows:
SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2000-12-16 12:21:13');
Result: 20
SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 21
I believe the result for the second SELECT is incorrect. I believe it should
be:
SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 20
Alternatively, you could change the example to:
SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2100-02-16 20:38:40');
Result: 21
If I have missed some point about how this should work, then please ignore
this e-mail.
 
Thanks,
Mark Clark
mark.clark@enlightedinc.com

$ psql test
Timing is on.
psql (9.5.2)
Type "help" for help.

test=# SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');
 date_part 
-----------
        21
(1 row)

Time: 1.336 ms
test=# 

the 21st century began on 2001-01-01.
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