Hm, why not this one:
select ('2006-10-31'::date, '9999-12-31'::date) OVERLAPS
('2006-10-16'::DATE, '2006-10-31':: DATE);
overlaps
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f
(1 row)
Greetings,
Matthias
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> Subject: [GENERAL] Why overlaps is not working
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>
> set datestyle to iso,iso;
>
> select 1 where ('2006-10-31'::date, '9999-12-31'::date) OVERLAPS
> ('2006-10-16'::DATE, '2006-10-31':: DATE)
>
>
> does not return any rows.
>
> Why ?
> How to make overlaps to return correct result?
>
> Andrus.
>
>
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