Comments on: Oracle Gotcha: months_between 31-days-per-month assumption http://www.pythian.com/blogs/348/oracle-gotcha-months_between News and views from Pythian DBAs Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: laurent schneider http://www.pythian.com/blogs/348/oracle-gotcha-months_between#comment-13222 laurent schneider Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:02:37 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/348/oracle-gotcha-months_between#comment-13222 I mean, it is only for the fractional part : select months_between(date '2000-03-15',date '2000-02-15') from dual; 1 In the doc they say: <i>Oracle calculates the fractional portion of the result based on a 31-day month</i> I mean, it is only for the fractional part :
select months_between(date ‘2000-03-15′,date ‘2000-02-15′) from dual;
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In the doc they say:
Oracle calculates the fractional portion of the result based on a 31-day month

]]> By: laurent schneider http://www.pythian.com/blogs/348/oracle-gotcha-months_between#comment-13221 laurent schneider Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:57:31 +0000 http://www.pythian.com/blogs/348/oracle-gotcha-months_between#comment-13221 well, this 31-day behaviour is documented well, this 31-day behaviour is documented

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