com.exasol.datatype.interval

Class IntervalYearToMonth

java.lang.Object

com.exasol.datatype.interval.AbstractInterval

com.exasol.datatype.interval.IntervalYearToMonth

public class IntervalYearToMonth
extends AbstractInterval

This class implements the Exasol-proprietary data type INTERVAL YEAR(x) TO MONTH(y). It supports conversions to and from strings and from a number of months.

In Exasol this data type represents a time difference consisting of the following components:

• years
• months

Since months are the highest resolution, each interval can also be expressed as a total number of months. This is also the recommended way to represent the interval values in other systems which do not natively support this data type.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.exasol.datatype.interval.AbstractInterval

positive, value

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static IntervalYearToMonth	ofMonths(long value) Create an IntervalDayToSecond from a number of months
static IntervalYearToMonth	parse(String text) Parse an IntervalDayToSecond from a string
long	toMonths() Get the interval as the total number of months between two points in time
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.exasol.datatype.interval.AbstractInterval

getSign, getSignedValue, parseMatchingGroupToLong

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toMonths

public long toMonths()

Get the interval as the total number of months between two points in time

Returns:

total number of months

ofMonths

public static IntervalYearToMonth ofMonths(long value)

Create an IntervalDayToSecond from a number of months

Parameters:

value - total length of the interval in months

Returns:

interval with months resolution

parse

public static IntervalYearToMonth parse(String text)

Parse an IntervalDayToSecond from a string

The accepted format is:

YYYYYYYYY:MM

Where

Y

years, 1-9 digits, mandatory

M

months, 1-2 digits, mandatory

Parameters:

text - string representing an interval

Returns:

interval with months resolution