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doc: show how interval's 3 unit buckets behave using EXTRACT()

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This clarifies when justify_days() and justify_hours() are useful.
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Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/152698651482.26744.15456677499485530703@wrigleys.postgresql.org

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@ -2670,19 +2670,6 @@ P <optional> <replaceable>years</replaceable>-<replaceable>months</replaceable>-
to each field if any field is negative.
</para>
<para>
Internally <type>interval</type> 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. The months and days fields are integers
while the seconds field can store fractions. Because intervals are
usually created from constant strings or <type>timestamp</type> subtraction,
this storage method works well in most cases. Functions
<function>justify_days</function> and <function>justify_hours</function> are
available for adjusting days and hours that overflow their normal
ranges.
</para>
<para>
In the verbose input format, and in some fields of the more compact
input formats, field values can have fractional parts; for example
@ -2734,6 +2721,33 @@ P <optional> <replaceable>years</replaceable>-<replaceable>months</replaceable>-
</tgroup>
</table>
<para>
Internally <type>interval</type> 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. The months and days fields are integers
while the seconds field can store fractions. Because intervals are
usually created from constant strings or <type>timestamp</type> subtraction,
this storage method works well in most cases, but can cause unexpected
results:
<programlisting>
SELECT EXTRACT(hours from '80 minutes'::interval);
date_part
-----------
1
SELECT EXTRACT(days from '80 hours'::interval);
date_part
-----------
0
</programlisting>
Functions <function>justify_days</function> and
<function>justify_hours</function> are available for adjusting days
and hours that overflow their normal ranges.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="datatype-interval-output">