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 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * nabstime.c--
- *    parse almost any absolute date getdate(3) can (& some it can't)
+ * nabstime.c
+ *       Utilities for the built-in type "AbsoluteTime".
+ *       Functions for the built-in type "RelativeTime".
+ *       Functions for the built-in type "TimeInterval".
  *
- * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.21 1997/03/28 07:12:53 scrappy Exp $
+ *       $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.114 2003/08/17 19:58:05 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include "postgres.h"
+
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <float.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 
-#include "postgres.h"
-#include <miscadmin.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_FLOAT_H
-# include <float.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_LIMITS_H
-# include <limits.h>
-#endif
-#ifndef USE_POSIX_TIME
-#include <sys/timeb.h>
-#endif
 #include "access/xact.h"
+#include "libpq/pqformat.h"
+#include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+
+
+#define MIN_DAYNUM -24856              /* December 13, 1901 */
+#define MAX_DAYNUM 24854               /* January 18, 2038 */
 
+#define INVALID_RELTIME_STR            "Undefined RelTime"
+#define INVALID_RELTIME_STR_LEN (sizeof(INVALID_RELTIME_STR)-1)
+#define RELTIME_LABEL                  '@'
+#define RELTIME_PAST                   "ago"
+#define DIRMAXLEN                              (sizeof(RELTIME_PAST)-1)
 
-#define MIN_DAYNUM -24856                      /* December 13, 1901 */
-#define MAX_DAYNUM 24854                       /* January 18, 2038 */
+/*
+ * Unix epoch is Jan  1 00:00:00 1970.
+ * Postgres knows about times sixty-eight years on either side of that
+ * for these 4-byte types.
+ *
+ * "tinterval" is two 4-byte fields.
+ * Definitions for parsing tinterval.
+ */
 
+#define IsSpace(C)                             ((C) == ' ')
 
-/* GetCurrentAbsoluteTime()
- * Get the current system time. Set timezone parameters if not specified elsewhere.
- * Define HasTZSet to allow clients to specify the default timezone.
+#define T_INTERVAL_INVAL   0   /* data represents no valid interval */
+#define T_INTERVAL_VALID   1   /* data represents a valid interval */
+/*
+ * ['Mon May 10 23:59:12 1943 PST' 'Sun Jan 14 03:14:21 1973 PST']
+ * 0           1                 2                     3                 4                     5                 6
+ * 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
  *
- * Returns the number of seconds since epoch (January 1 1970 GMT)
+ * we allocate some extra -- timezones are usually 3 characters but
+ * this is not in the POSIX standard...
+ */
+#define T_INTERVAL_LEN                                 80
+#define INVALID_INTERVAL_STR                   "Undefined Range"
+#define INVALID_INTERVAL_STR_LEN               (sizeof(INVALID_INTERVAL_STR)-1)
+
+#define ABSTIMEMIN(t1, t2) \
+       (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimele, \
+                                 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t1), \
+                                 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t2))) ? (t1) : (t2))
+#define ABSTIMEMAX(t1, t2) \
+       (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimelt, \
+                                 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t1), \
+                                 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t2))) ? (t2) : (t1))
+
+
+/*
+ * Function prototypes -- internal to this file only
  */
 
+static AbsoluteTime tm2abstime(struct tm * tm, int tz);
+static void reltime2tm(RelativeTime time, struct tm * tm);
+static int istinterval(char *i_string,
+                       AbsoluteTime *i_start,
+                       AbsoluteTime *i_end);
+
+
+/*
+ * GetCurrentAbsoluteTime()
+ *
+ * Get the current system time (relative to Unix epoch).
+ */
 AbsoluteTime
 GetCurrentAbsoluteTime(void)
 {
-    time_t now;
+       time_t          now;
 
-#ifdef USE_POSIX_TIME
-    now = time(NULL);
-#else /* ! USE_POSIX_TIME */
-    struct timeb tbnow;                /* the old V7-ism */
+       now = time(NULL);
+       return (AbsoluteTime) now;
+}
 
-    (void) ftime(&tbnow);
-    now = tbnow.time;
-#endif
 
-    if (! HasCTZSet) {
-#ifdef USE_POSIX_TIME
-#if defined(HAVE_TZSET) && defined(HAVE_INT_TIMEZONE)
-       tzset();
-       CTimeZone = timezone;
-       CDayLight = daylight;
-       strcpy( CTZName, tzname[0]);
-#else /* !HAVE_TZSET */
-       struct tm *tmnow = localtime(&now);
-
-       CTimeZone = - tmnow->tm_gmtoff; /* tm_gmtoff is Sun/DEC-ism */
-       CDayLight = (tmnow->tm_isdst > 0);
-       /* XXX is there a better way to get local timezone string in V7? - tgl 97/03/18 */
-       strftime( CTZName, MAXTZLEN, "%Z", localtime(&now));
-#endif
-#else /* ! USE_POSIX_TIME */
-       CTimeZone = tbnow.timezone * 60;
-       CDayLight = (tbnow.dstflag != 0);
-       /* XXX does this work to get the local timezone string in V7? - tgl 97/03/18 */
-       strftime( CTZName, MAXTZLEN, "%Z", localtime(&now));
-#endif 
-    };
-
-#ifdef DATEDEBUG
-printf( "GetCurrentAbsoluteTime- timezone is %s -> %d seconds from UTC\n",
- CTZName, CTimeZone);
+/*
+ * GetCurrentAbsoluteTimeUsec()
+ *
+ * Get the current system time (relative to Unix epoch), including fractional
+ * seconds expressed as microseconds.
+ */
+AbsoluteTime
+GetCurrentAbsoluteTimeUsec(int *usec)
+{
+       time_t          now;
+       struct timeval tp;
+
+       gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
+       now = tp.tv_sec;
+       *usec = tp.tv_usec;
+       return (AbsoluteTime) now;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * AbsoluteTimeUsecToTimestampTz()
+ *
+ * Convert system time including microseconds to TimestampTz representation.
+ */
+TimestampTz
+AbsoluteTimeUsecToTimestampTz(AbsoluteTime sec, int usec)
+{
+       TimestampTz result;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+       result = ((sec - ((POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE - UNIX_EPOCH_JDATE) * 86400))
+                         * INT64CONST(1000000)) + usec;
+#else
+       result = sec - ((POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE - UNIX_EPOCH_JDATE) * 86400)
+               + (usec / 1000000.0);
 #endif
 
-    return((AbsoluteTime) now);
-} /* GetCurrentAbsoluteTime() */
+       return result;
+}
 
 
+/*
+ * GetCurrentDateTime()
+ *
+ * Get the transaction start time ("now()") broken down as a struct tm.
+ */
 void
-GetCurrentTime(struct tm *tm)
+GetCurrentDateTime(struct tm * tm)
 {
-    time_t now;
-    struct tm *tt;
+       int                     tz;
 
-    now = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime()-CTimeZone;
-    tt = gmtime( &now);
+       abstime2tm(GetCurrentTransactionStartTime(), &tz, tm, NULL);
+}
 
-    tm->tm_year = tt->tm_year+1900;
-    tm->tm_mon = tt->tm_mon+1;
-    tm->tm_mday = tt->tm_mday;
-    tm->tm_hour = tt->tm_hour;
-    tm->tm_min = tt->tm_min;
-    tm->tm_sec = tt->tm_sec;
-    tm->tm_isdst = tt->tm_isdst;
+/*
+ * GetCurrentTimeUsec()
+ *
+ * Get the transaction start time ("now()") broken down as a struct tm,
+ * including fractional seconds and timezone offset.
+ */
+void
+GetCurrentTimeUsec(struct tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec, int *tzp)
+{
+       int                     tz;
+       int                     usec;
+
+       abstime2tm(GetCurrentTransactionStartTimeUsec(&usec), &tz, tm, NULL);
+       /* Note: don't pass NULL tzp to abstime2tm; affects behavior */
+       if (tzp != NULL)
+               *tzp = tz;
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+       *fsec = usec;
+#else
+       *fsec = usec / 1000000.0;
+#endif
+}
 
-    return;
-} /* GetCurrentTime() */
 
+void
+abstime2tm(AbsoluteTime _time, int *tzp, struct tm * tm, char **tzn)
+{
+       time_t          time = (time_t) _time;
+       struct tm  *tx;
+
+       /*
+        * If HasCTZSet is true then we have a brute force time zone
+        * specified. Go ahead and rotate to the local time zone since we will
+        * later bypass any calls which adjust the tm fields.
+        */
+       if (HasCTZSet && (tzp != NULL))
+               time -= CTimeZone;
+
+       if ((!HasCTZSet) && (tzp != NULL))
+               tx = localtime((time_t *) &time);
+       else
+               tx = gmtime((time_t *) &time);
+
+       tm->tm_year = tx->tm_year + 1900;
+       tm->tm_mon = tx->tm_mon + 1;
+       tm->tm_mday = tx->tm_mday;
+       tm->tm_hour = tx->tm_hour;
+       tm->tm_min = tx->tm_min;
+       tm->tm_sec = tx->tm_sec;
+       tm->tm_isdst = tx->tm_isdst;
+
+#if defined(HAVE_TM_ZONE)
+       tm->tm_gmtoff = tx->tm_gmtoff;
+       tm->tm_zone = tx->tm_zone;
+
+       if (tzp != NULL)
+       {
+               /*
+                * We have a brute force time zone per SQL99? Then use it without
+                * change since we have already rotated to the time zone.
+                */
+               if (HasCTZSet)
+               {
+                       *tzp = CTimeZone;
+                       tm->tm_gmtoff = CTimeZone;
+                       tm->tm_isdst = 0;
+                       tm->tm_zone = NULL;
+                       if (tzn != NULL)
+                               *tzn = NULL;
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                       *tzp = -tm->tm_gmtoff;          /* tm_gmtoff is Sun/DEC-ism */
+
+                       /*
+                        * XXX FreeBSD man pages indicate that this should work - tgl
+                        * 97/04/23
+                        */
+                       if (tzn != NULL)
+                       {
+                               /*
+                                * Copy no more than MAXTZLEN bytes of timezone to tzn, in
+                                * case it contains an error message, which doesn't fit in
+                                * the buffer
+                                */
+                               StrNCpy(*tzn, tm->tm_zone, MAXTZLEN + 1);
+                               if (strlen(tm->tm_zone) > MAXTZLEN)
+                                       ereport(WARNING,
+                                                       (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+                                                        errmsg("invalid timezone name: \"%s\"",
+                                                                       tm->tm_zone)));
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       else
+               tm->tm_isdst = -1;
+#elif defined(HAVE_INT_TIMEZONE)
+       if (tzp != NULL)
+       {
+               /*
+                * We have a brute force time zone per SQL99? Then use it without
+                * change since we have already rotated to the time zone.
+                */
+               if (HasCTZSet)
+               {
+                       *tzp = CTimeZone;
+                       tm->tm_isdst = 0;
+                       if (tzn != NULL)
+                               *tzn = NULL;
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                       *tzp = ((tm->tm_isdst > 0) ? (TIMEZONE_GLOBAL - 3600) : TIMEZONE_GLOBAL);
+
+                       if (tzn != NULL)
+                       {
+                               /*
+                                * Copy no more than MAXTZLEN bytes of timezone to tzn, in
+                                * case it contains an error message, which doesn't fit in
+                                * the buffer
+                                */
+                               StrNCpy(*tzn, tzname[tm->tm_isdst], MAXTZLEN + 1);
+                               if (strlen(tzname[tm->tm_isdst]) > MAXTZLEN)
+                                       ereport(WARNING,
+                                                       (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+                                                        errmsg("invalid timezone name: \"%s\"",
+                                                                       tzname[tm->tm_isdst])));
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       else
+               tm->tm_isdst = -1;
+#else                                                  /* not (HAVE_TM_ZONE || HAVE_INT_TIMEZONE) */
+       if (tzp != NULL)
+       {
+               /*
+                * We have a brute force time zone per SQL99? Then use it without
+                * change since we have already rotated to the time zone.
+                */
+               if (HasCTZSet)
+               {
+                       *tzp = CTimeZone;
+                       if (tzn != NULL)
+                               *tzn = NULL;
+               }
+               else
+               {
+                       /* default to UTC */
+                       *tzp = 0;
+                       if (tzn != NULL)
+                               *tzn = NULL;
+               }
+       }
+       else
+               tm->tm_isdst = -1;
+#endif
+}
 
-AbsoluteTime tm2abstime( struct tm *tm, int tz);
 
-AbsoluteTime
-tm2abstime( struct tm *tm, int tz)
+/* tm2abstime()
+ * Convert a tm structure to abstime.
+ * Note that tm has full year (not 1900-based) and 1-based month.
+ */
+static AbsoluteTime
+tm2abstime(struct tm * tm, int tz)
 {
-    int day, sec;
-
-    /* validate, before going out of range on some members */
-    if (tm->tm_year < 1901 || tm->tm_year > 2038
-      || tm->tm_mon < 1 || tm->tm_mon > 12
-      || tm->tm_mday < 1 || tm->tm_mday > 31
-      || tm->tm_hour < 0 || tm->tm_hour >= 24
-      || tm->tm_min < 0 || tm->tm_min > 59
-      || tm->tm_sec < 0 || tm->tm_sec > 59)
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       int                     day;
+       AbsoluteTime sec;
 
-    day = (date2j( tm->tm_year, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday) - date2j( 1970, 1, 1));
+       /* validate, before going out of range on some members */
+       if (tm->tm_year < 1901 || tm->tm_year > 2038
+               || tm->tm_mon < 1 || tm->tm_mon > 12
+               || tm->tm_mday < 1 || tm->tm_mday > 31
+               || tm->tm_hour < 0 || tm->tm_hour > 23
+               || tm->tm_min < 0 || tm->tm_min > 59
+               || tm->tm_sec < 0 || tm->tm_sec > 60)
+               return INVALID_ABSTIME;
 
-    /* check for time out of range */
-    if ((day < MIN_DAYNUM) || (day > MAX_DAYNUM))
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       day = date2j(tm->tm_year, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday) - UNIX_EPOCH_JDATE;
 
-    /* convert to seconds */
-    sec = tm->tm_sec + tz + (tm->tm_min +(day*24 + tm->tm_hour)*60)*60;
+       /* check for time out of range */
+       if ((day < MIN_DAYNUM) || (day > MAX_DAYNUM))
+               return INVALID_ABSTIME;
 
-    /* check for overflow */
-    if ((day == MAX_DAYNUM && sec < 0) ||
-      (day == MIN_DAYNUM && sec > 0))
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       /* convert to seconds */
+       sec = tm->tm_sec + tz + (tm->tm_min + (day * 24 + tm->tm_hour) * 60) * 60;
 
-    /* daylight correction */
-    if (tm->tm_isdst < 0) {            /* unknown; find out */
-       tm->tm_isdst = (CDayLight > 0);
-    };
-    if (tm->tm_isdst > 0)
-       sec -= 60*60;
+       /* check for overflow */
+       if ((day == MAX_DAYNUM && sec < 0) ||
+               (day == MIN_DAYNUM && sec > 0))
+               return INVALID_ABSTIME;
 
-    /* check for reserved values (e.g. "current" on edge of usual range */
-    if (!AbsoluteTimeIsReal(sec))
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       /* check for reserved values (e.g. "current" on edge of usual range */
+       if (!AbsoluteTimeIsReal(sec))
+               return INVALID_ABSTIME;
 
-    return sec;
-} /* tm2abstime() */
+       return sec;
+}
 
 
-/* nabstimein()
+/* abstimein()
  * Decode date/time string and return abstime.
  */
-AbsoluteTime
-nabstimein(char* str)
+Datum
+abstimein(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       char       *str = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
+       AbsoluteTime result;
+       fsec_t          fsec;
+       int                     tz = 0;
+       struct tm       date,
+                          *tm = &date;
+       char       *field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+       char            lowstr[MAXDATELEN + 1];
+       int                     dtype;
+       int                     nf,
+                               ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+
+       if (strlen(str) >= sizeof(lowstr))
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_DATETIME_FORMAT),
+                          errmsg("invalid input syntax for abstime: \"%s\"", str)));
+
+       if ((ParseDateTime(str, lowstr, field, ftype, MAXDATEFIELDS, &nf) != 0)
+         || (DecodeDateTime(field, ftype, nf, &dtype, tm, &fsec, &tz) != 0))
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_DATETIME_FORMAT),
+                          errmsg("invalid input syntax for abstime: \"%s\"", str)));
+
+       switch (dtype)
+       {
+               case DTK_DATE:
+                       result = tm2abstime(tm, tz);
+                       break;
+
+               case DTK_EPOCH:
+
+                       /*
+                        * Don't bother retaining this as a reserved value, but
+                        * instead just set to the actual epoch time (1970-01-01)
+                        */
+                       result = 0;
+                       break;
+
+               case DTK_LATE:
+                       result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
+                       break;
+
+               case DTK_EARLY:
+                       result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
+                       break;
+
+               case DTK_INVALID:
+                       result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
+                       break;
+
+               default:
+                       elog(ERROR, "unexpected dtype %d while parsing abstime \"%s\"",
+                                dtype, str);
+                       result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
+                       break;
+       };
+
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(result);
+}
+
+
+/* abstimeout()
+ * Given an AbsoluteTime return the English text version of the date
+ */
+Datum
+abstimeout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime time = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       char       *result;
+       int                     tz;
+       double          fsec = 0;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+       char            buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];
+       char            zone[MAXDATELEN + 1],
+                          *tzn = zone;
+
+       switch (time)
+       {
+                       /*
+                        * Note that timestamp no longer supports 'invalid'. Retain
+                        * 'invalid' for abstime for now, but dump it someday.
+                        */
+               case INVALID_ABSTIME:
+                       strcpy(buf, INVALID);
+                       break;
+               case NOEND_ABSTIME:
+                       strcpy(buf, LATE);
+                       break;
+               case NOSTART_ABSTIME:
+                       strcpy(buf, EARLY);
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       abstime2tm(time, &tz, tm, &tzn);
+                       EncodeDateTime(tm, fsec, &tz, &tzn, DateStyle, buf);
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       result = pstrdup(buf);
+       PG_RETURN_CSTRING(result);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             abstimerecv                     - converts external binary format to abstime
+ */
+Datum
+abstimerecv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    AbsoluteTime result;
+       StringInfo      buf = (StringInfo) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
 
-    double fsec;
-    int tz = 0;
-    struct tm date, *tm = &date;
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME((AbsoluteTime) pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(AbsoluteTime)));
+}
 
-    char *field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
-    char lowstr[MAXDATELEN+1];
-    int dtype;
-    int nf, ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+/*
+ *             abstimesend                     - converts abstime to binary format
+ */
+Datum
+abstimesend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime time = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       StringInfoData buf;
 
-    if (!PointerIsValid(str))
-       elog(WARN,"Bad (null) abstime external representation",NULL);
+       pq_begintypsend(&buf);
+       pq_sendint(&buf, time, sizeof(time));
+       PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
+}
 
-    if (strlen(str) > MAXDATELEN)
-       elog( WARN, "Bad (length) abstime external representation '%s'",str);
 
-    if ((ParseDateTime( str, lowstr, field, ftype, MAXDATEFIELDS, &nf) != 0)
-     || (DecodeDateTime( field, ftype, nf, &dtype, tm, &fsec, &tz) != 0))
-       elog( WARN, "Bad abstime external representation '%s'",str);
+/* abstime_finite()
+ */
+Datum
+abstime_finite(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime abstime = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
 
-#ifdef DATEDEBUG
-printf( "nabstimein- %d fields are type %d (DTK_DATE=%d)\n", nf, dtype, DTK_DATE);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((abstime != INVALID_ABSTIME) &&
+                                  (abstime != NOSTART_ABSTIME) &&
+                                  (abstime != NOEND_ABSTIME));
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * abstime comparison routines
+ */
+static int
+abstime_cmp_internal(AbsoluteTime a, AbsoluteTime b)
+{
+       /*
+        * We consider all INVALIDs to be equal and larger than any non-INVALID.
+        * This is somewhat arbitrary; the important thing is to have a
+        * consistent sort order.
+        */
+       if (a == INVALID_ABSTIME)
+       {
+               if (b == INVALID_ABSTIME)
+                       return 0;                       /* INVALID = INVALID */
+               else
+                       return 1;                       /* INVALID > non-INVALID */
+       }
+
+       if (b == INVALID_ABSTIME)
+               return -1;                              /* non-INVALID < INVALID */
+
+#if 0
+       /* CURRENT is no longer stored internally... */
+       /* XXX this is broken, should go away: */
+       if (a == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
+               a = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+       if (b == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
+               b = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
 #endif
 
-    switch (dtype) {
-    case DTK_DATE:
-       result = tm2abstime(tm, tz);
-       break;
+       if (a > b)
+               return 1;
+       else if (a == b)
+               return 0;
+       else
+               return -1;
+}
+
+Datum
+abstimeeq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) == 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+abstimene(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) != 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+abstimelt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) < 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+abstimegt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) > 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+abstimele(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) <= 0);
+}
 
-    case DTK_EPOCH:
-       result = EPOCH_ABSTIME;
-       break;
+Datum
+abstimege(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
 
-    case DTK_CURRENT:
-       result = CURRENT_ABSTIME;
-       break;
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) >= 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+btabstimecmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
 
-    case DTK_LATE:
-       result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
-       break;
+       PG_RETURN_INT32(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2));
+}
 
-    case DTK_EARLY:
-       result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
-       break;
 
-    case DTK_INVALID:
-       result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
-       break;
+/* timestamp_abstime()
+ * Convert timestamp to abstime.
+ */
+Datum
+timestamp_abstime(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       Timestamp       timestamp = PG_GETARG_TIMESTAMP(0);
+       AbsoluteTime result;
+       fsec_t          fsec;
+       int                     tz;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+
+       if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(timestamp))
+               result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
+       else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(timestamp))
+               result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
+       else if (timestamp2tm(timestamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL) == 0)
+       {
+               tz = DetermineLocalTimeZone(tm);
+               result = tm2abstime(tm, tz);
+       }
+       else
+       {
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+                                errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
+               result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       }
+
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(result);
+}
 
-    default:
-       elog(WARN,"Bad abstime (internal coding error) '%s'",str);
-       result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
-    };
+/* abstime_timestamp()
+ * Convert abstime to timestamp.
+ */
+Datum
+abstime_timestamp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime abstime = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       Timestamp       result;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+       int                     tz;
+       char            zone[MAXDATELEN + 1],
+                          *tzn = zone;
+
+       switch (abstime)
+       {
+               case INVALID_ABSTIME:
+                       ereport(ERROR,
+                                       (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+                        errmsg("cannot convert \"invalid\" abstime to timestamp")));
+                       TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
+                       break;
+
+               case NOSTART_ABSTIME:
+                       TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
+                       break;
+
+               case NOEND_ABSTIME:
+                       TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
+                       break;
+
+               default:
+                       abstime2tm(abstime, &tz, tm, &tzn);
+                       if (tm2timestamp(tm, 0, NULL, &result) != 0)
+                               ereport(ERROR,
+                                               (errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+                                                errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
+                       break;
+       };
 
-    return result;
-} /* nabstimein() */
+       PG_RETURN_TIMESTAMP(result);
+}
 
 
+/* timestamptz_abstime()
+ * Convert timestamp with time zone to abstime.
+ */
+Datum
+timestamptz_abstime(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimestampTz timestamp = PG_GETARG_TIMESTAMP(0);
+       AbsoluteTime result;
+       fsec_t          fsec;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+
+       if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(timestamp))
+               result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
+       else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(timestamp))
+               result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
+       else if (timestamp2tm(timestamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL) == 0)
+               result = tm2abstime(tm, 0);
+       else
+       {
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+                                errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
+               result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       }
+
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(result);
+}
+
+/* abstime_timestamptz()
+ * Convert abstime to timestamp with time zone.
+ */
+Datum
+abstime_timestamptz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime abstime = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       TimestampTz result;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+       int                     tz;
+       char            zone[MAXDATELEN + 1],
+                          *tzn = zone;
+
+       switch (abstime)
+       {
+               case INVALID_ABSTIME:
+                       ereport(ERROR,
+                                       (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+                        errmsg("cannot convert \"invalid\" abstime to timestamp")));
+                       TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
+                       break;
+
+               case NOSTART_ABSTIME:
+                       TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
+                       break;
+
+               case NOEND_ABSTIME:
+                       TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
+                       break;
+
+               default:
+                       abstime2tm(abstime, &tz, tm, &tzn);
+                       if (tm2timestamp(tm, 0, &tz, &result) != 0)
+                               ereport(ERROR,
+                                               (errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+                                                errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
+                       break;
+       };
+
+       PG_RETURN_TIMESTAMP(result);
+}
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *      USER I/O ROUTINES                                                                                                               *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
 /*
- * Given an AbsoluteTime return the English text version of the date
+ *             reltimein               - converts a reltime string in an internal format
  */
-char *
-nabstimeout(AbsoluteTime time)
-{
-    /*
-     * Fri Jan 28 23:05:29 1994 PST
-     * 0        1         2
-     * 12345678901234567890123456789
-     *
-     * we allocate some extra -- timezones are usually 3 characters but
-     * this is not in the POSIX standard...
-     */
-    char buf[40];
-    char* result;
-
-    switch (time) {
-    case EPOCH_ABSTIME:          (void) strcpy(buf, EPOCH);    break;
-    case INVALID_ABSTIME: (void) strcpy(buf, INVALID); break;
-    case CURRENT_ABSTIME: (void) strcpy(buf, DCURRENT);        break;
-    case NOEND_ABSTIME:   (void) strcpy(buf, LATE);    break;
-    case NOSTART_ABSTIME: (void) strcpy(buf, EARLY);   break;
-    default:
-       /* hack -- localtime happens to work for negative times */
-       (void) strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y %Z",
-                       localtime((time_t *) &time));
-       break;
-    }
-    result = (char*)palloc(strlen(buf) + 1);
-    strcpy(result, buf);
-    return result;
-}
-
-
-/* turn a (struct tm) and a few variables into a time_t, with range checking */
-AbsoluteTime
-dateconv(register struct tm *tm, int zone)
+Datum
+reltimein(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    tm->tm_wday = tm->tm_yday = 0;
+       char       *str = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
+       RelativeTime result;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+       fsec_t          fsec;
+       int                     dtype;
+       char       *field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+       int                     nf,
+                               ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+       char            lowstr[MAXDATELEN + 1];
+
+       if (strlen(str) >= sizeof(lowstr))
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_DATETIME_FORMAT),
+                          errmsg("invalid input syntax for reltime: \"%s\"", str)));
+
+       if ((ParseDateTime(str, lowstr, field, ftype, MAXDATEFIELDS, &nf) != 0)
+               || (DecodeInterval(field, ftype, nf, &dtype, tm, &fsec) != 0))
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_DATETIME_FORMAT),
+                          errmsg("invalid input syntax for reltime: \"%s\"", str)));
+
+       switch (dtype)
+       {
+               case DTK_DELTA:
+                       result = ((((tm->tm_hour * 60) + tm->tm_min) * 60) + tm->tm_sec);
+                       result += ((tm->tm_year * 36525 * 864) + (((tm->tm_mon * 30) + tm->tm_mday) * 86400));
+                       break;
+
+               default:
+                       elog(ERROR, "unexpected dtype %d while parsing reltime \"%s\"",
+                                dtype, str);
+                       result = INVALID_RELTIME;
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(result);
+}
 
-#if FALSE
-    if (tm->tm_year < 70) {
-       tm->tm_year += 2000;
-    } else if (tm->tm_year < 1000) {
-       tm->tm_year += 1900;
-    };
-#endif
+/*
+ *             reltimeout              - converts the internal format to a reltime string
+ */
+Datum
+reltimeout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime time = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       char       *result;
+       struct tm       tt,
+                          *tm = &tt;
+       char            buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];
 
-    /* validate, before going out of range on some members */
-    if (tm->tm_year < 1901 || tm->tm_year > 2038
-      || tm->tm_mon < 1 || tm->tm_mon > 12
-      || tm->tm_mday < 1 || tm->tm_mday > 31
-      || tm->tm_hour < 0 || tm->tm_hour >= 24
-      || tm->tm_min < 0 || tm->tm_min > 59
-      || tm->tm_sec < 0 || tm->tm_sec > 59)
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       reltime2tm(time, tm);
+       EncodeInterval(tm, 0, DateStyle, buf);
 
-    /*
-     * zone should really be -zone, and tz should be set to tp->value, not
-     * -tp->value.  Or the table could be fixed.
-     */
-    tm->tm_sec += zone;                /* mktime lets it be out of range */
+       result = pstrdup(buf);
+       PG_RETURN_CSTRING(result);
+}
 
-    /* convert to seconds */
-    return qmktime(tm);
+/*
+ *             reltimerecv                     - converts external binary format to reltime
+ */
+Datum
+reltimerecv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       StringInfo      buf = (StringInfo) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
+
+       PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME((RelativeTime) pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(RelativeTime)));
+}
+
+/*
+ *             reltimesend                     - converts reltime to binary format
+ */
+Datum
+reltimesend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime time = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       StringInfoData buf;
+
+       pq_begintypsend(&buf);
+       pq_sendint(&buf, time, sizeof(time));
+       PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
+}
+
+
+static void
+reltime2tm(RelativeTime time, struct tm * tm)
+{
+       double          dtime = time;
+
+       FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_year, 31557600);
+       FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_mon, 2592000);
+       FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_mday, 86400);
+       FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_hour, 3600);
+       FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_min, 60);
+       FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_sec, 1);
 }
 
 
 /*
- * near-ANSI qmktime suitable for use by dateconv; not necessarily as paranoid
- * as ANSI requires, and it may not canonicalise the struct tm.  Ignores tm_wday
- * and tm_yday.
+ *             tintervalin             - converts an interval string to internal format
  */
-time_t
-qmktime(struct tm *tm)
+Datum
+tintervalin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    time_t sec;
+       char       *intervalstr = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
+       TimeInterval interval;
+       AbsoluteTime i_start,
+                               i_end,
+                               t1,
+                               t2;
+
+       interval = (TimeInterval) palloc(sizeof(TimeIntervalData));
+       if (istinterval(intervalstr, &t1, &t2) == 0)
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_DATETIME_FORMAT),
+                                errmsg("invalid input syntax for tinterval: \"%s\"",
+                                               intervalstr)));
+
+       if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
+               interval->status = T_INTERVAL_INVAL;    /* undefined  */
+       else
+               interval->status = T_INTERVAL_VALID;
+
+       i_start = ABSTIMEMIN(t1, t2);
+       i_end = ABSTIMEMAX(t1, t2);
+       interval->data[0] = i_start;
+       interval->data[1] = i_end;
+
+       PG_RETURN_TIMEINTERVAL(interval);
+}
 
-    int day;
 
-#if FALSE
-    /* If it was a 2 digit year */
-    if (tm->tm_year < 100)
-       tm->tm_year += 1900;
+/*
+ *             tintervalout    - converts an internal interval format to a string
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       char       *i_str,
+                          *p;
+
+       i_str = (char *) palloc(T_INTERVAL_LEN);        /* ["..." "..."] */
+       strcpy(i_str, "[\"");
+       if (interval->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
+               strcat(i_str, INVALID_INTERVAL_STR);
+       else
+       {
+               p = DatumGetCString(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimeout,
+                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[0])));
+               strcat(i_str, p);
+               pfree(p);
+               strcat(i_str, "\" \"");
+               p = DatumGetCString(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimeout,
+                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[1])));
+               strcat(i_str, p);
+               pfree(p);
+       }
+       strcat(i_str, "\"]");
+       PG_RETURN_CSTRING(i_str);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalrecv                   - converts external binary format to tinterval
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalrecv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       StringInfo      buf = (StringInfo) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
+       TimeInterval interval;
+
+       interval = (TimeInterval) palloc(sizeof(TimeIntervalData));
+
+       interval->status = pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(interval->status));
+       if (!(interval->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL ||
+                 interval->status == T_INTERVAL_VALID))
+               ereport(ERROR,
+                               (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_BINARY_REPRESENTATION),
+                                errmsg("invalid status in external tinterval")));
+
+       interval->data[0] = pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(interval->data[0]));
+       interval->data[1] = pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(interval->data[1]));
+
+       PG_RETURN_TIMEINTERVAL(interval);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalsend                   - converts tinterval to binary format
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalsend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       StringInfoData buf;
+
+       pq_begintypsend(&buf);
+       pq_sendint(&buf, interval->status, sizeof(interval->status));
+       pq_sendint(&buf, interval->data[0], sizeof(interval->data[0]));
+       pq_sendint(&buf, interval->data[1], sizeof(interval->data[1]));
+       PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
+}
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *      PUBLIC ROUTINES                                                                                                                 *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+Datum
+interval_reltime(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       Interval   *interval = PG_GETARG_INTERVAL_P(0);
+       RelativeTime time;
+       int                     year,
+                               month;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+       int64           span;
+
+#else
+       double          span;
+#endif
+
+       if (interval->month == 0)
+       {
+               year = 0;
+               month = 0;
+       }
+       else if (abs(interval->month) >= 12)
+       {
+               year = (interval->month / 12);
+               month = (interval->month % 12);
+       }
+       else
+       {
+               year = 0;
+               month = interval->month;
+       }
+
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+       span = ((((INT64CONST(365250000) * year) + (INT64CONST(30000000) * month))
+                        * INT64CONST(86400)) + interval->time);
+       span /= INT64CONST(1000000);
+#else
+       span = (((((double) 365.25 * year) + ((double) 30 * month)) * 86400) + interval->time);
 #endif
 
-    day = (date2j( tm->tm_year, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday) - date2j( 1970, 1, 1));
+       if ((span < INT_MIN) || (span > INT_MAX))
+               time = INVALID_RELTIME;
+       else
+               time = span;
 
-    /* check for time out of range */
-    if ((day < MIN_DAYNUM) || (day > MAX_DAYNUM))
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(time);
+}
 
-    /* convert to seconds */
-    sec = tm->tm_sec + (tm->tm_min +(day*24 + tm->tm_hour)*60)*60;
 
-    /* check for overflow */
-    if ((day == MAX_DAYNUM && sec < 0) ||
-       (day == MIN_DAYNUM && sec > 0))
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+Datum
+reltime_interval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime reltime = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       Interval   *result;
+       int                     year,
+                               month;
+
+       result = (Interval *) palloc(sizeof(Interval));
+
+       switch (reltime)
+       {
+               case INVALID_RELTIME:
+                       ereport(ERROR,
+                                       (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
+                         errmsg("cannot convert \"invalid\" reltime to interval")));
+                       result->time = 0;
+                       result->month = 0;
+                       break;
+
+               default:
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+                       year = (reltime / (36525 * 864));
+                       reltime -= (year * (36525 * 864));
+                       month = (reltime / (30 * 86400));
+                       reltime -= (month * (30 * 86400));
+
+                       result->time = (reltime * INT64CONST(1000000));
+#else
+                       TMODULO(reltime, year, (36525 * 864));
+                       TMODULO(reltime, month, (30 * 86400));
+
+                       result->time = reltime;
+#endif
+                       result->month = ((12 * year) + month);
+                       break;
+       }
 
-    /* check for reserved values (e.g. "current" on edge of usual range */
-    if (!AbsoluteTimeIsReal(sec))
-       return INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       PG_RETURN_INTERVAL_P(result);
+}
 
-    /* daylight correction */
-    if (tm->tm_isdst < 0) {            /* unknown; find out */
-       tm->tm_isdst = (CDayLight > 0);
-    };
-    if (tm->tm_isdst > 0)
-       sec -= 60*60;
 
-    return sec;
-} /* qmktime() */
+/*
+ *             mktinterval             - creates a time interval with endpoints t1 and t2
+ */
+Datum
+mktinterval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
+       AbsoluteTime tstart = ABSTIMEMIN(t1, t2);
+       AbsoluteTime tend = ABSTIMEMAX(t1, t2);
+       TimeInterval interval;
+
+       interval = (TimeInterval) palloc(sizeof(TimeIntervalData));
+
+       if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
+               interval->status = T_INTERVAL_INVAL;
+       else
+       {
+               interval->status = T_INTERVAL_VALID;
+               interval->data[0] = tstart;
+               interval->data[1] = tend;
+       }
+
+       PG_RETURN_TIMEINTERVAL(interval);
+}
 
+/*
+ *             timepl, timemi and abstimemi use the formula
+ *                             abstime + reltime = abstime
+ *             so              abstime - reltime = abstime
+ *             and             abstime - abstime = reltime
+ */
 
 /*
- *  AbsoluteTimeIsBefore -- true iff time1 is before time2.
- *  AbsoluteTimeIsBefore -- true iff time1 is after time2.
+ *             timepl                  - returns the value of (abstime t1 + reltime t2)
  */
-bool
-AbsoluteTimeIsBefore(AbsoluteTime time1, AbsoluteTime time2)
+Datum
+timepl(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time1));
-    Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time2));
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
 
-    if (time1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       time1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+       if (AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t1) &&
+               RelativeTimeIsValid(t2) &&
+               ((t2 > 0) ? (t1 < NOEND_ABSTIME - t2)
+                : (t1 > NOSTART_ABSTIME - t2)))                /* prevent overflow */
+               PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(t1 + t2);
 
-    if (time2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       time2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *             timemi                  - returns the value of (abstime t1 - reltime t2)
+ */
+Datum
+timemi(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+
+       if (AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t1) &&
+               RelativeTimeIsValid(t2) &&
+               ((t2 > 0) ? (t1 > NOSTART_ABSTIME + t2)
+                : (t1 < NOEND_ABSTIME + t2)))  /* prevent overflow */
+               PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(t1 - t2);
 
-    return (time1 < time2);
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
 }
 
-bool
-AbsoluteTimeIsAfter(AbsoluteTime time1, AbsoluteTime time2)
+
+/*
+ *             intinterval             - returns true iff absolute date is in the interval
+ */
+Datum
+intinterval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time1));
-    Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time2));
+       AbsoluteTime t = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
+       TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       if (interval->status == T_INTERVAL_VALID && t != INVALID_ABSTIME)
+       {
+               if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimege,
+                                                                                        AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t),
+                                                        AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[0]))) &&
+                       DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimele,
+                                                                                        AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t),
+                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[1]))))
+                       PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
+       }
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalrel            - returns  relative time corresponding to interval
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalrel(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       AbsoluteTime t1 = interval->data[0];
+       AbsoluteTime t2 = interval->data[1];
 
-    if (time1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       time1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+       if (interval->status != T_INTERVAL_VALID)
+               PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(INVALID_RELTIME);
 
-    if (time2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       time2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+       if (AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t1) &&
+               AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t2))
+               PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(t2 - t1);
 
-    return (time1 > time2);
+       PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(INVALID_RELTIME);
 }
 
 
 /*
- *     abstimeeq       - returns 1, iff arguments are equal
- *     abstimene       - returns 1, iff arguments are not equal
- *     abstimelt       - returns 1, iff t1 less than t2
- *     abstimegt       - returns 1, iff t1 greater than t2
- *     abstimele       - returns 1, iff t1 less than or equal to t2
- *     abstimege       - returns 1, iff t1 greater than or equal to t2
+ *             timenow                 - returns  time "now", internal format
+ *
+ *             Now AbsoluteTime is time since Jan 1 1970 -mer 7 Feb 1992
  */
-bool
-abstimeeq(AbsoluteTime t1, AbsoluteTime t2)
+Datum
+timenow(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
-       return 0;
-    if (t1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
-    if (t2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+       time_t          sec;
+
+       if (time(&sec) < 0)
+               PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
 
-    return(t1 == t2);
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME((AbsoluteTime) sec);
+}
+
+/*
+ * reltime comparison routines
+ */
+static int
+reltime_cmp_internal(RelativeTime a, RelativeTime b)
+{
+       /*
+        * We consider all INVALIDs to be equal and larger than any non-INVALID.
+        * This is somewhat arbitrary; the important thing is to have a
+        * consistent sort order.
+        */
+       if (a == INVALID_RELTIME)
+       {
+               if (b == INVALID_RELTIME)
+                       return 0;                       /* INVALID = INVALID */
+               else
+                       return 1;                       /* INVALID > non-INVALID */
+       }
+
+       if (b == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               return -1;                              /* non-INVALID < INVALID */
+
+       if (a > b)
+               return 1;
+       else if (a == b)
+               return 0;
+       else
+               return -1;
 }
 
-bool
-abstimene(AbsoluteTime t1, AbsoluteTime t2)
-{ 
-    if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
-       return 0;
-    if (t1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
-    if (t2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+Datum
+reltimeeq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
 
-    return(t1 != t2);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) == 0);
 }
 
-bool
-abstimelt(AbsoluteTime t1, AbsoluteTime t2)
-{ 
-    if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
-       return 0;
-    if (t1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
-    if (t2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+Datum
+reltimene(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
 
-    return(t1 < t2);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) != 0);
 }
 
-bool
-abstimegt(AbsoluteTime t1, AbsoluteTime t2)
-{ 
-    if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
-       return 0;
-    if (t1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
-    if (t2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+Datum
+reltimelt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
 
-    return(t1 > t2);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) < 0);
 }
 
-bool
-abstimele(AbsoluteTime t1, AbsoluteTime t2)
-{ 
-    if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
-       return 0;
-    if (t1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
-    if (t2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+Datum
+reltimegt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
 
-    return(t1 <= t2);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) > 0);
 }
 
-bool
-abstimege(AbsoluteTime t1, AbsoluteTime t2)
-{ 
-    if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
-       return 0;
-    if (t1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
-    if (t2 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
-       t2 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
+Datum
+reltimele(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
 
-    return(t1 >= t2);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) <= 0);
 }
 
-/* datetime_abstime()
- * Convert datetime to abstime.
+Datum
+reltimege(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) >= 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+btreltimecmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
+       RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_INT32(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2));
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalsame   - returns true iff interval i1 is same as interval i2
+ *             Check begin and end time.
  */
-AbsoluteTime
-datetime_abstime(DateTime *datetime)
+Datum
+tintervalsame(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       if (i1->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || i2->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+
+       if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimeeq,
+                                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[0]),
+                                                                  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[0]))) &&
+               DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimeeq,
+                                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[1]),
+                                                                        AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[1]))))
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+}
+
+/*
+ * tinterval comparison routines
+ *
+ * Note: comparison is based on the lengths of the intervals, not on
+ * endpoint value.  This is pretty bogus, but since it's only a legacy
+ * datatype I'm not going to propose changing it.
+ */
+static int
+tinterval_cmp_internal(TimeInterval a, TimeInterval b)
+{
+       bool            a_invalid;
+       bool            b_invalid;
+       AbsoluteTime a_len;
+       AbsoluteTime b_len;
+
+       /*
+        * We consider all INVALIDs to be equal and larger than any non-INVALID.
+        * This is somewhat arbitrary; the important thing is to have a
+        * consistent sort order.
+        */
+       a_invalid = ((a->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL) ||
+                                (a->data[0] == INVALID_ABSTIME) ||
+                                (a->data[1] == INVALID_ABSTIME));
+       b_invalid = ((b->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL) ||
+                                (b->data[0] == INVALID_ABSTIME) ||
+                                (b->data[1] == INVALID_ABSTIME));
+
+       if (a_invalid)
+       {
+               if (b_invalid)
+                       return 0;                       /* INVALID = INVALID */
+               else
+                       return 1;                       /* INVALID > non-INVALID */
+       }
+
+       if (b_invalid)
+               return -1;                              /* non-INVALID < INVALID */
+
+       a_len = a->data[1] - a->data[0];
+       b_len = b->data[1] - b->data[0];
+
+       if (a_len > b_len)
+               return 1;
+       else if (a_len == b_len)
+               return 0;
+       else
+               return -1;
+}
+
+Datum
+tintervaleq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) == 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+tintervalne(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-    AbsoluteTime result;
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
 
-    double fsec;
-    struct tm tt, *tm = &tt;
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) != 0);
+}
 
-    if (!PointerIsValid(datetime)) {
-       result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
+Datum
+tintervallt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
 
-    } else if (DATETIME_IS_INVALID(*datetime)) {
-       result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) < 0);
+}
 
-    } else if (DATETIME_IS_NOBEGIN(*datetime)) {
-       result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
+Datum
+tintervalle(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
 
-    } else if (DATETIME_IS_NOEND(*datetime)) {
-       result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) <= 0);
+}
 
-    } else {
-       if (DATETIME_IS_RELATIVE(*datetime)) {
-           datetime2tm( SetDateTime(*datetime), tm, &fsec);
-           result = tm2abstime( tm, 0);
+Datum
+tintervalgt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
 
-       } else if (datetime2tm( *datetime, tm, &fsec) == 0) {
-           result = tm2abstime( tm, 0);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) > 0);
+}
 
-       } else {
-           result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
-       };
-    };
+Datum
+tintervalge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) >= 0);
+}
+
+Datum
+bttintervalcmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       PG_RETURN_INT32(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2));
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalleneq  - returns true iff length of interval i is equal to
+ *                                                             reltime t
+ *             tintervallenne  - returns true iff length of interval i is not equal
+ *                                                             to reltime t
+ *             tintervallenlt  - returns true iff length of interval i is less than
+ *                                                             reltime t
+ *             tintervallengt  - returns true iff length of interval i is greater
+ *                                                             than reltime t
+ *             tintervallenle  - returns true iff length of interval i is less or
+ *                                                             equal than reltime t
+ *             tintervallenge  - returns true iff length of interval i is greater or
+ *                                                             equal than reltime t
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalleneq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+       RelativeTime rt;
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
+                                                                                          TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt == t));
+}
+
+Datum
+tintervallenne(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+       RelativeTime rt;
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
+                                                                                          TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt != t));
+}
+
+Datum
+tintervallenlt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+       RelativeTime rt;
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
+                                                                                          TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt < t));
+}
+
+Datum
+tintervallengt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+       RelativeTime rt;
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
+                                                                                          TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt > t));
+}
+
+Datum
+tintervallenle(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+       RelativeTime rt;
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
+                                                                                          TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt <= t));
+}
 
-    return(result);
-} /* datetime_abstime() */
+Datum
+tintervallenge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
+       RelativeTime rt;
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
+                                                                                          TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt >= t));
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalct             - returns true iff interval i1 contains interval i2
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalct(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       if (i1->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || i2->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimele,
+                                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[0]),
+                                                                  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[0]))) &&
+               DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimege,
+                                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[1]),
+                                                                        AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[1]))))
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalov             - returns true iff interval i1 (partially) overlaps i2
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalov(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+       TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);
+
+       if (i1->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || i2->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimelt,
+                                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[1]),
+                                                                  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[0]))) ||
+               DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimegt,
+                                                                          AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[0]),
+                                                                        AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[1]))))
+               PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
+       PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalstart  - returns  the start of interval i
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalstart(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
+               PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(i->data[0]);
+}
+
+/*
+ *             tintervalend            - returns  the end of interval i
+ */
+Datum
+tintervalend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
+
+       if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
+               PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
+       PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(i->data[1]);
+}
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *      PRIVATE ROUTINES                                                                                                                *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *             istinterval             - returns 1, iff i_string is a valid interval descr.
+ *                                                               0, iff i_string is NOT a valid interval desc.
+ *                                                               2, iff any time is INVALID_ABSTIME
+ *
+ *             output parameter:
+ *                             i_start, i_end: interval margins
+ *
+ *             Time interval:
+ *             `[' {` '} `'' <AbsTime> `'' {` '} `'' <AbsTime> `'' {` '} `]'
+ *
+ *             OR      `Undefined Range'       (see also INVALID_INTERVAL_STR)
+ *
+ *             where <AbsTime> satisfies the syntax of absolute time.
+ *
+ *             e.g.  [  '  Jan 18 1902'   'Jan 1 00:00:00 1970']
+ */
+static int
+istinterval(char *i_string,
+                       AbsoluteTime *i_start,
+                       AbsoluteTime *i_end)
+{
+       char       *p,
+                          *p1;
+       char            c;
+
+       p = i_string;
+       /* skip leading blanks up to '[' */
+       while ((c = *p) != '\0')
+       {
+               if (IsSpace(c))
+                       p++;
+               else if (c != '[')
+                       return 0;                       /* syntax error */
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
+       p++;
+       /* skip leading blanks up to '"' */
+       while ((c = *p) != '\0')
+       {
+               if (IsSpace(c))
+                       p++;
+               else if (c != '"')
+                       return 0;                       /* syntax error */
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
+       p++;
+       if (strncmp(INVALID_INTERVAL_STR, p, strlen(INVALID_INTERVAL_STR)) == 0)
+               return 0;                               /* undefined range, handled like a syntax
+                                                                * err. */
+       /* search for the end of the first date and change it to a NULL */
+       p1 = p;
+       while ((c = *p1) != '\0')
+       {
+               if (c == '"')
+               {
+                       *p1 = '\0';
+                       break;
+               }
+               p1++;
+       }
+       /* get the first date */
+       *i_start = DatumGetAbsoluteTime(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimein,
+                                                                                                       CStringGetDatum(p)));
+       /* rechange NULL at the end of the first date to a '"' */
+       *p1 = '"';
+       p = ++p1;
+       /* skip blanks up to '"', beginning of second date */
+       while ((c = *p) != '\0')
+       {
+               if (IsSpace(c))
+                       p++;
+               else if (c != '"')
+                       return 0;                       /* syntax error */
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
+       p++;
+       /* search for the end of the second date and change it to a NULL */
+       p1 = p;
+       while ((c = *p1) != '\0')
+       {
+               if (c == '"')
+               {
+                       *p1 = '\0';
+                       break;
+               }
+               p1++;
+       }
+       /* get the second date */
+       *i_end = DatumGetAbsoluteTime(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimein,
+                                                                                                       CStringGetDatum(p)));
+       /* rechange NULL at the end of the first date to a '"' */
+       *p1 = '"';
+       p = ++p1;
+       /* skip blanks up to ']' */
+       while ((c = *p) != '\0')
+       {
+               if (IsSpace(c))
+                       p++;
+               else if (c != ']')
+                       return 0;                       /* syntax error */
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
+       p++;
+       c = *p;
+       if (c != '\0')
+               return 0;                               /* syntax error */
+       /* it seems to be a valid interval */
+       return 1;
+}
+
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * timeofday -
+ *        returns the current time as a text. similar to timenow() but returns
+ *        seconds with more precision (up to microsecs). (I need this to compare
+ *        the Wisconsin benchmark with Illustra whose TimeNow() shows current
+ *        time with precision up to microsecs.)                          - ay 3/95
+ */
+Datum
+timeofday(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+       struct timeval tp;
+       struct timezone tpz;
+       char            templ[100];
+       char            buf[100];
+       text       *result;
+       int                     len;
+
+       gettimeofday(&tp, &tpz);
+       strftime(templ, sizeof(templ), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S.%%06d %Y %Z",
+                        localtime((time_t *) &tp.tv_sec));
+       snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), templ, tp.tv_usec);
+
+       len = VARHDRSZ + strlen(buf);
+       result = (text *) palloc(len);
+       VARATT_SIZEP(result) = len;
+       memcpy(VARDATA(result), buf, strlen(buf));
+       PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
+}