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Doc: document EXTRACT(JULIAN ...), improve Julian Date explanation.
For some reason, the "julian" option for extract()/date_part() has never gotten listed in the manual. Also, while Appendix B mentioned in passing that we don't conform to the usual astronomical definition that a Julian date starts at noon UTC, it was kind of vague about what we do instead. Clarify that, and add an example showing how to get the astronomical definition if you want it. It's been like this for ages, so back-patch to all supported branches. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1197050.1619123213@sss.pgh.pa.us
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<indexterm zone="datetime-units-history">
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<primary>Gregorian calendar</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="datetime-units-history">
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<primary>Julian date</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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The SQL standard states that <quote>Within the definition of a
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festivals.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="datetime-julian-dates">
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<title>Julian Dates</title>
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<indexterm zone="datetime-julian-dates">
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<primary>Julian date</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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The <firstterm>Julian Date</firstterm> system is another type of
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calendar, unrelated to the Julian calendar though it is confusingly
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The <firstterm>Julian Date</firstterm> system is a method for
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numbering days. It is
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unrelated to the Julian calendar, though it is confusingly
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named similarly to that calendar.
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The Julian Date system was invented by the French scholar
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Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609)
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and probably takes its name from Scaliger's father,
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the Italian scholar Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558).
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</para>
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<para>
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In the Julian Date system, each day has a sequential number, starting
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from JD 0 (which is sometimes called <emphasis>the</emphasis> Julian Date).
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JD 0 corresponds to 1 January 4713 BC in the Julian calendar, or
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input and output of dates (and also uses Julian dates for some internal
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datetime calculations), it does not observe the nicety of having dates
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run from noon to noon. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> treats a Julian Date
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as running from midnight to midnight.
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as running from local midnight to local midnight, the same as a normal
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date.
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</para>
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<para>
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This definition does, however, provide a way to obtain the astronomical
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definition when you need it: do the arithmetic in time
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zone <literal>UTC-12</literal>. For example,
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<programlisting>
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=> SELECT extract(julian from '2021-06-23 7:00:00-04'::timestamptz at time zone 'UTC-12');
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date_part
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--------------------
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2459389.9583333335
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(1 row)
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=> SELECT extract(julian from '2021-06-23 8:00:00-04'::timestamptz at time zone 'UTC-12');
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date_part
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-----------
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2459390
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(1 row)
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=> SELECT extract(julian from date '2021-06-24');
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date_part
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-----------
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2459390
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(1 row)
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>J</literal></entry>
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<entry>Julian Day (integer days since November 24, 4714 BC at midnight UTC)</entry>
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<entry>Julian Date (integer days since November 24, 4714 BC at local
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midnight; see <xref linkend="datetime-julian-dates"/>)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>Q</literal></entry>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>julian</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <firstterm>Julian Date</firstterm> corresponding to the
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date or timestamp (not applicable to intervals). Timestamps
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that are not local midnight result in a fractional value. See
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<xref linkend="datetime-julian-dates"/> for more information.
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</para>
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<screen>
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SELECT EXTRACT(JULIAN FROM DATE '2006-01-01');
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<lineannotation>Result: </lineannotation><computeroutput>2453737</computeroutput>
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SELECT EXTRACT(JULIAN FROM TIMESTAMP '2006-01-01 12:00');
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<lineannotation>Result: </lineannotation><computeroutput>2453737.5</computeroutput>
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</screen>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>microseconds</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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