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Update interval documenation to mention the storage system used.

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Bruce Momjian 2005-12-22 21:45:19 +00:00
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.163 2005/10/22 19:33:57 tgl Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.164 2005/12/22 21:45:19 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="datatype">
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</para>
<para>
The optional precision
<replaceable>p</replaceable> should be between 0 and 6, and
defaults to the precision of the input literal.
The optional subsecond precision <replaceable>p</replaceable> should
be between 0 and 6, and defaults to the precision of the input literal.
</para>
<para>
Internally <type>interval</> values are stored as months, days,
and seconds. This is done because the number of days in a month
varies, and a day can have 23 or 25 hours if a daylight savings
time adjustment is involved. Because intervals are usually created
from constant strings or <type>timestamp</> subtraction, this
storage method works well in most cases. Functions
<function>justify_days</> and <function>justify_hours</> are
available for adjusting days and hours that overflow their normal
periods.
</para>
</sect3>
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<literal>CURRENT_DATE</literal>, <literal>CURRENT_TIME</literal>,
<literal>CURRENT_TIMESTAMP</literal>, <literal>LOCALTIME</literal>,
<literal>LOCALTIMESTAMP</literal>. The latter four accept an
optional precision specification. (See <xref
optional subsecond precision specification. (See <xref
linkend="functions-datetime-current">.) Note however that these are
SQL functions and are <emphasis>not</> recognized as data input strings.
</para>