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.TH PGBUILTIN INTRO 04/01/97 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This section describes the data types, functions and operators
`year', `month', `day', `hour', `minute', and `second',
as well as the more specialized quantities
`decade', `century', `millenium', `millisecond', and `microsecond'.
-date_part() also allows
-`dow'
-to return day of week and `epoch' to return seconds since 1970.
+date_part() allows `dow'
+to return day of week and `epoch' to return seconds since 1970 for datetime
+and 'epoch' to return total elapsed seconds for timespan.
.nf
Functions: