-- -- ABSTIME -- testing built-in time type abstime -- uses reltime and tinterval -- -- -- timezones may vary based not only on location but the operating -- system. the main correctness issue is that the OS may not get -- daylight savings time right for times prior to Unix epoch (jan 1 1970). -- CREATE TABLE ABSTIME_TBL (f1 abstime); BEGIN; INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime 'now'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime 'now'); SELECT count(*) AS two FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE f1 = 'now' ; END; DELETE FROM ABSTIME_TBL; INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('Jan 14, 1973 03:14:21'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime 'Mon May 1 00:30:30 1995'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime 'epoch'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime 'infinity'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime '-infinity'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES (abstime 'May 10, 1947 23:59:12'); -- what happens if we specify slightly misformatted abstime? INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('Feb 35, 1946 10:00:00'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('Feb 28, 1984 25:08:10'); -- badly formatted abstimes: these should result in invalid abstimes INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('bad date format'); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('Jun 10, 1843'); -- test abstime operators SELECT '' AS eight, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL; SELECT '' AS six, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 < abstime 'Jun 30, 2001'; SELECT '' AS six, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 > abstime '-infinity'; SELECT '' AS six, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE abstime 'May 10, 1947 23:59:12' <> ABSTIME_TBL.f1; SELECT '' AS three, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE abstime 'epoch' >= ABSTIME_TBL.f1; SELECT '' AS four, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 <= abstime 'Jan 14, 1973 03:14:21'; SELECT '' AS four, * FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 tinterval '["Apr 1 1950 00:00:00" "Dec 30 1999 23:00:00"]'; SELECT '' AS four, f1 AS abstime, date_part('year', f1) AS year, date_part('month', f1) AS month, date_part('day',f1) AS day, date_part('hour', f1) AS hour, date_part('minute', f1) AS minute, date_part('second', f1) AS second FROM ABSTIME_TBL WHERE isfinite(f1) ORDER BY abstime;