RE: 00:00:00 or 24:00:00

Even more interesting is the result of this SQL:

SELECT timestamp(current date + 1 days, '00:00:00') - timestamp(current
date,'24:00:00')
FROM sysibm.sysdummy1

It appears that the difference is 0.000000

SELECT timestamp(current date + 1 days, '00:00:01') - timestamp(current
date,'24:00:00')
FROM sysibm.sysdummy1

This gives 1.000000

So why are the first two timestamps not equal (as Vern showed below)?

Curiouser and curiouser...

Results from RPG tests will follow.

Peter Colpaert
Application Developer
PLI - IT - Kontich, Belgium
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RE: 00:00:00 or 24:00:00






A test is easy enough to run - at least in SQL - and I got this
interesting result

select case when timestamp('2007-11-28-24.00.00.000000') < timestamp
('2007-11-29-00.00.00.000000') then 'less than' else 'equal ' end
case from sysibm/sysdummy1

gave me 'less than' as the result. Same with this one

SELECT case when timestamp(current date,'24:00:00') <
timestamp(current date + 1 days, '00:00:00') then 'less than' else
'equal ' end case FROM sysibm/sysdummy1

Now how about a test in RPG?