-- **** testing built-in time types: abstime, 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); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('Jan 14, 1973 03:14:21'); -- was INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('now'::abstime): INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('Mon May 1 00:30:30 1995'::abstime); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('epoch'::abstime); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('current'::abstime); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('infinity'::abstime); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('-infinity'::abstime); INSERT INTO ABSTIME_TBL (f1) VALUES ('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, ABSTIME_TBL.*; SELECT '' AS six, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 < 'Jun 30, 2001'::abstime; SELECT '' AS six, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 > '-infinity'::abstime; SELECT '' AS six, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE 'May 10, 1947 23:59:12'::abstime <> ABSTIME_TBL.f1; SELECT '' AS one, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE 'current'::abstime = ABSTIME_TBL.f1; SELECT '' AS three, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE 'epoch'::abstime >= ABSTIME_TBL.f1; SELECT '' AS four, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 <= 'Jan 14, 1973 03:14:21'::abstime; SELECT '' AS four, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE ABSTIME_TBL.f1 '["Apr 1 1950 00:00:00" "Dec 30 1999 23:00:00"]'::tinterval; -- these four queries should return the same answer -- the "infinity" and "-infinity" tuples in ABSTIME_TBL cannot be added and -- therefore, should not show up in the results. SELECT '' AS three, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE (ABSTIME_TBL.f1 + '@ 3 year'::reltime) -- +3 years < 'Jan 14 14:00:00 1977'::abstime; SELECT '' AS three, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE (ABSTIME_TBL.f1 + '@ 3 year ago'::reltime) -- -3 years < 'Jan 14 14:00:00 1971'::abstime; SELECT '' AS three, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE (ABSTIME_TBL.f1 - '@ 3 year'::reltime) -- -(+3) years < 'Jan 14 14:00:00 1971'::abstime; SELECT '' AS three, ABSTIME_TBL.* WHERE (ABSTIME_TBL.f1 - '@ 3 year ago'::reltime) -- -(-3) years < 'Jan 14 14:00:00 1977'::abstime; SELECT '' AS ten, ABSTIME_TBL.f1 AS abstime, RELTIME_TBL.f1 AS reltime WHERE (ABSTIME_TBL.f1 + RELTIME_TBL.f1) < 'Jan 14 14:00:00 1971'::abstime ORDER BY abstime, reltime;