Re: Birthdate Query

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From: Jason Summers
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:23

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Thanks for the reply Robin.  I was actually typing up my last post, and when 
I finished, found that you had already replied.  :)   That was one fast 
reply!

"Robin" <Robin@.com> wrote in message 
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> Jason Summers wrote:
>> I have an Interbase database which stores Contacts, and one of the fields 
>> is the Birthdate, of type TIMESTAMP.  I need to be able to query all 
>> Contacts with birthdates in a particular season (Spring, Fall, Winter, 
>> Summer)
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> You can use EXTRACT.
>
> Eg,
>
> SELECT
> EXTRACT(month FROM mydatefield),
> EXTRACT(day FROM mydatefield)
>
> FROM
> mytable
>
> etc...
>
>
> Follow this link to see some working examples:
>
> http://www.interbase-world.com/en/articles/505.php
>
> Good luck!
>
> Robin.

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