/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * nabstime.c
 *	  Utilities for the built-in type "AbsoluteTime".
 *	  Functions for the built-in type "RelativeTime".
 *	  Functions for the built-in type "TimeInterval".
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2003, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 *
 * IDENTIFICATION
 *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.122 2004/05/21 16:08:47 tgl Exp $
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#include "postgres.h"

#include <ctype.h>
#include <float.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

#include "access/xact.h"
#include "libpq/pqformat.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "pgtime.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"


#define MIN_DAYNUM -24856		/* December 13, 1901 */
#define MAX_DAYNUM 24854		/* January 18, 2038 */

#define INVALID_RELTIME_STR		"Undefined RelTime"
#define INVALID_RELTIME_STR_LEN (sizeof(INVALID_RELTIME_STR)-1)
#define RELTIME_LABEL			'@'
#define RELTIME_PAST			"ago"
#define DIRMAXLEN				(sizeof(RELTIME_PAST)-1)

/*
 * Unix epoch is Jan  1 00:00:00 1970.
 * Postgres knows about times sixty-eight years on either side of that
 * for these 4-byte types.
 *
 * "tinterval" is two 4-byte fields.
 * Definitions for parsing tinterval.
 */

#define IsSpace(C)				((C) == ' ')

#define T_INTERVAL_INVAL   0	/* data represents no valid interval */
#define T_INTERVAL_VALID   1	/* data represents a valid interval */
/*
 * ['Mon May 10 23:59:12 1943 PST' 'Sun Jan 14 03:14:21 1973 PST']
 * 0		1		  2			3		  4			5		  6
 * 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234
 *
 * we allocate some extra -- timezones are usually 3 characters but
 * this is not in the POSIX standard...
 */
#define T_INTERVAL_LEN					80
#define INVALID_INTERVAL_STR			"Undefined Range"
#define INVALID_INTERVAL_STR_LEN		(sizeof(INVALID_INTERVAL_STR)-1)

#define ABSTIMEMIN(t1, t2) \
	(DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimele, \
				  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t1), \
				  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t2))) ? (t1) : (t2))
#define ABSTIMEMAX(t1, t2) \
	(DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimelt, \
				  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t1), \
				  AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t2))) ? (t2) : (t1))


/*
 * Function prototypes -- internal to this file only
 */

static AbsoluteTime tm2abstime(struct pg_tm * tm, int tz);
static void reltime2tm(RelativeTime time, struct pg_tm * tm);
static int istinterval(char *i_string,
			AbsoluteTime *i_start,
			AbsoluteTime *i_end);


/*
 * GetCurrentAbsoluteTime()
 *
 * Get the current system time (relative to Unix epoch).
 */
AbsoluteTime
GetCurrentAbsoluteTime(void)
{
	time_t		now;

	now = time(NULL);
	return (AbsoluteTime) now;
}


/*
 * GetCurrentAbsoluteTimeUsec()
 *
 * Get the current system time (relative to Unix epoch), including fractional
 * seconds expressed as microseconds.
 */
AbsoluteTime
GetCurrentAbsoluteTimeUsec(int *usec)
{
	time_t		now;
	struct timeval tp;

	gettimeofday(&tp, NULL);
	now = tp.tv_sec;
	*usec = tp.tv_usec;
	return (AbsoluteTime) now;
}


/*
 * AbsoluteTimeUsecToTimestampTz()
 *
 * Convert system time including microseconds to TimestampTz representation.
 */
TimestampTz
AbsoluteTimeUsecToTimestampTz(AbsoluteTime sec, int usec)
{
	TimestampTz result;

#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
	result = ((sec - ((POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE - UNIX_EPOCH_JDATE) * 86400))
			  * INT64CONST(1000000)) + usec;
#else
	result = sec - ((POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE - UNIX_EPOCH_JDATE) * 86400)
		+ (usec / 1000000.0);
#endif

	return result;
}


/*
 * GetCurrentDateTime()
 *
 * Get the transaction start time ("now()") broken down as a struct pg_tm.
 */
void
GetCurrentDateTime(struct pg_tm * tm)
{
	int			tz;

	abstime2tm(GetCurrentTransactionStartTime(), &tz, tm, NULL);
}

/*
 * GetCurrentTimeUsec()
 *
 * Get the transaction start time ("now()") broken down as a struct pg_tm,
 * including fractional seconds and timezone offset.
 */
void
GetCurrentTimeUsec(struct pg_tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec, int *tzp)
{
	int			tz;
	int			usec;

	abstime2tm(GetCurrentTransactionStartTimeUsec(&usec), &tz, tm, NULL);
	/* Note: don't pass NULL tzp to abstime2tm; affects behavior */
	if (tzp != NULL)
		*tzp = tz;
#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
	*fsec = usec;
#else
	*fsec = usec / 1000000.0;
#endif
}


void
abstime2tm(AbsoluteTime _time, int *tzp, struct pg_tm * tm, char **tzn)
{
	time_t		time = (time_t) _time;
	struct pg_tm  *tx;

	/*
	 * If HasCTZSet is true then we have a brute force time zone
	 * specified. Go ahead and rotate to the local time zone since we will
	 * later bypass any calls which adjust the tm fields.
	 */
	if (HasCTZSet && (tzp != NULL))
		time -= CTimeZone;

	if ((!HasCTZSet) && (tzp != NULL))
		tx = pg_localtime(&time);
	else
		tx = pg_gmtime(&time);

	tm->tm_year = tx->tm_year + 1900;
	tm->tm_mon = tx->tm_mon + 1;
	tm->tm_mday = tx->tm_mday;
	tm->tm_hour = tx->tm_hour;
	tm->tm_min = tx->tm_min;
	tm->tm_sec = tx->tm_sec;
	tm->tm_isdst = tx->tm_isdst;

	tm->tm_gmtoff = tx->tm_gmtoff;
	tm->tm_zone = tx->tm_zone;

	if (tzp != NULL)
	{
		/*
		 * We have a brute force time zone per SQL99? Then use it without
		 * change since we have already rotated to the time zone.
		 */
		if (HasCTZSet)
		{
			*tzp = CTimeZone;
			tm->tm_gmtoff = CTimeZone;
			tm->tm_isdst = 0;
			tm->tm_zone = NULL;
			if (tzn != NULL)
				*tzn = NULL;
		}
		else
		{
			*tzp = -tm->tm_gmtoff;		/* tm_gmtoff is Sun/DEC-ism */

			/*
			 * XXX FreeBSD man pages indicate that this should work - tgl
			 * 97/04/23
			 */
			if (tzn != NULL)
			{
				/*
				 * Copy no more than MAXTZLEN bytes of timezone to tzn, in
				 * case it contains an error message, which doesn't fit in
				 * the buffer
				 */
				StrNCpy(*tzn, tm->tm_zone, MAXTZLEN + 1);
				if (strlen(tm->tm_zone) > MAXTZLEN)
					ereport(WARNING,
							(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
							 errmsg("invalid time zone name: \"%s\"",
									tm->tm_zone)));
			}
		}
	}
	else
		tm->tm_isdst = -1;
}


/* tm2abstime()
 * Convert a tm structure to abstime.
 * Note that tm has full year (not 1900-based) and 1-based month.
 */
static AbsoluteTime
tm2abstime(struct pg_tm * tm, int tz)
{
	int			day;
	AbsoluteTime sec;

	/* validate, before going out of range on some members */
	if (tm->tm_year < 1901 || tm->tm_year > 2038
		|| tm->tm_mon < 1 || tm->tm_mon > 12
		|| tm->tm_mday < 1 || tm->tm_mday > 31
		|| tm->tm_hour < 0 || tm->tm_hour > 23
		|| tm->tm_min < 0 || tm->tm_min > 59
		|| tm->tm_sec < 0 || tm->tm_sec > 60)
		return INVALID_ABSTIME;

	day = date2j(tm->tm_year, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday) - UNIX_EPOCH_JDATE;

	/* check for time out of range */
	if ((day < MIN_DAYNUM) || (day > MAX_DAYNUM))
		return INVALID_ABSTIME;

	/* convert to seconds */
	sec = tm->tm_sec + tz + (tm->tm_min + (day * 24 + tm->tm_hour) * 60) * 60;

	/* check for overflow */
	if ((day == MAX_DAYNUM && sec < 0) ||
		(day == MIN_DAYNUM && sec > 0))
		return INVALID_ABSTIME;

	/* check for reserved values (e.g. "current" on edge of usual range */
	if (!AbsoluteTimeIsReal(sec))
		return INVALID_ABSTIME;

	return sec;
}


/* abstimein()
 * Decode date/time string and return abstime.
 */
Datum
abstimein(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	char	   *str = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
	AbsoluteTime result;
	fsec_t		fsec;
	int			tz = 0;
	struct pg_tm	date,
			   *tm = &date;
	int			dterr;
	char	   *field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
	char		lowstr[MAXDATELEN + 1];
	int			dtype;
	int			nf,
				ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];

	if (strlen(str) >= sizeof(lowstr))
		dterr = DTERR_BAD_FORMAT;
	else
		dterr = ParseDateTime(str, lowstr, field, ftype, MAXDATEFIELDS, &nf);
	if (dterr == 0)
		dterr = DecodeDateTime(field, ftype, nf, &dtype, tm, &fsec, &tz);
	if (dterr != 0)
		DateTimeParseError(dterr, str, "abstime");

	switch (dtype)
	{
		case DTK_DATE:
			result = tm2abstime(tm, tz);
			break;

		case DTK_EPOCH:

			/*
			 * Don't bother retaining this as a reserved value, but
			 * instead just set to the actual epoch time (1970-01-01)
			 */
			result = 0;
			break;

		case DTK_LATE:
			result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
			break;

		case DTK_EARLY:
			result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
			break;

		case DTK_INVALID:
			result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
			break;

		default:
			elog(ERROR, "unexpected dtype %d while parsing abstime \"%s\"",
				 dtype, str);
			result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
			break;
	};

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(result);
}


/* abstimeout()
 * Given an AbsoluteTime return the English text version of the date
 */
Datum
abstimeout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime time = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	char	   *result;
	int			tz;
	double		fsec = 0;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;
	char		buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];
	char		zone[MAXDATELEN + 1],
			   *tzn = zone;

	switch (time)
	{
			/*
			 * Note that timestamp no longer supports 'invalid'. Retain
			 * 'invalid' for abstime for now, but dump it someday.
			 */
		case INVALID_ABSTIME:
			strcpy(buf, INVALID);
			break;
		case NOEND_ABSTIME:
			strcpy(buf, LATE);
			break;
		case NOSTART_ABSTIME:
			strcpy(buf, EARLY);
			break;
		default:
			abstime2tm(time, &tz, tm, &tzn);
			EncodeDateTime(tm, fsec, &tz, &tzn, DateStyle, buf);
			break;
	}

	result = pstrdup(buf);
	PG_RETURN_CSTRING(result);
}

/*
 *		abstimerecv			- converts external binary format to abstime
 */
Datum
abstimerecv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	StringInfo	buf = (StringInfo) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME((AbsoluteTime) pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(AbsoluteTime)));
}

/*
 *		abstimesend			- converts abstime to binary format
 */
Datum
abstimesend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime time = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	StringInfoData buf;

	pq_begintypsend(&buf);
	pq_sendint(&buf, time, sizeof(time));
	PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
}


/* abstime_finite()
 */
Datum
abstime_finite(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime abstime = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL((abstime != INVALID_ABSTIME) &&
				   (abstime != NOSTART_ABSTIME) &&
				   (abstime != NOEND_ABSTIME));
}


/*
 * abstime comparison routines
 */
static int
abstime_cmp_internal(AbsoluteTime a, AbsoluteTime b)
{
	/*
	 * We consider all INVALIDs to be equal and larger than any non-INVALID.
	 * This is somewhat arbitrary; the important thing is to have a
	 * consistent sort order.
	 */
	if (a == INVALID_ABSTIME)
	{
		if (b == INVALID_ABSTIME)
			return 0;			/* INVALID = INVALID */
		else
			return 1;			/* INVALID > non-INVALID */
	}

	if (b == INVALID_ABSTIME)
		return -1;				/* non-INVALID < INVALID */

#if 0
	/* CURRENT is no longer stored internally... */
	/* XXX this is broken, should go away: */
	if (a == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
		a = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
	if (b == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
		b = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
#endif

	if (a > b)
		return 1;
	else if (a == b)
		return 0;
	else
		return -1;
}

Datum
abstimeeq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) == 0);
}

Datum
abstimene(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) != 0);
}

Datum
abstimelt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) < 0);
}

Datum
abstimegt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) > 0);
}

Datum
abstimele(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) <= 0);
}

Datum
abstimege(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) >= 0);
}

Datum
btabstimecmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_INT32(abstime_cmp_internal(t1, t2));
}


/* timestamp_abstime()
 * Convert timestamp to abstime.
 */
Datum
timestamp_abstime(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	Timestamp	timestamp = PG_GETARG_TIMESTAMP(0);
	AbsoluteTime result;
	fsec_t		fsec;
	int			tz;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;

	if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(timestamp))
		result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
	else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(timestamp))
		result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
	else if (timestamp2tm(timestamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL) == 0)
	{
		tz = DetermineLocalTimeZone(tm);
		result = tm2abstime(tm, tz);
	}
	else
	{
		ereport(ERROR,
				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
				 errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
		result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
	}

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(result);
}

/* abstime_timestamp()
 * Convert abstime to timestamp.
 */
Datum
abstime_timestamp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime abstime = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	Timestamp	result;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;
	int			tz;
	char		zone[MAXDATELEN + 1],
			   *tzn = zone;

	switch (abstime)
	{
		case INVALID_ABSTIME:
			ereport(ERROR,
					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
			 errmsg("cannot convert abstime \"invalid\" to timestamp")));
			TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
			break;

		case NOSTART_ABSTIME:
			TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
			break;

		case NOEND_ABSTIME:
			TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
			break;

		default:
			abstime2tm(abstime, &tz, tm, &tzn);
			if (tm2timestamp(tm, 0, NULL, &result) != 0)
				ereport(ERROR,
						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
						 errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
			break;
	};

	PG_RETURN_TIMESTAMP(result);
}


/* timestamptz_abstime()
 * Convert timestamp with time zone to abstime.
 */
Datum
timestamptz_abstime(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimestampTz timestamp = PG_GETARG_TIMESTAMP(0);
	AbsoluteTime result;
	fsec_t		fsec;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;

	if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(timestamp))
		result = NOSTART_ABSTIME;
	else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(timestamp))
		result = NOEND_ABSTIME;
	else if (timestamp2tm(timestamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL) == 0)
		result = tm2abstime(tm, 0);
	else
	{
		ereport(ERROR,
				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
				 errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
		result = INVALID_ABSTIME;
	}

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(result);
}

/* abstime_timestamptz()
 * Convert abstime to timestamp with time zone.
 */
Datum
abstime_timestamptz(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime abstime = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	TimestampTz result;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;
	int			tz;
	char		zone[MAXDATELEN + 1],
			   *tzn = zone;

	switch (abstime)
	{
		case INVALID_ABSTIME:
			ereport(ERROR,
					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
			 errmsg("cannot convert abstime \"invalid\" to timestamp")));
			TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
			break;

		case NOSTART_ABSTIME:
			TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
			break;

		case NOEND_ABSTIME:
			TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
			break;

		default:
			abstime2tm(abstime, &tz, tm, &tzn);
			if (tm2timestamp(tm, 0, &tz, &result) != 0)
				ereport(ERROR,
						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
						 errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
			break;
	};

	PG_RETURN_TIMESTAMP(result);
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *	 USER I/O ROUTINES														 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 *		reltimein		- converts a reltime string in an internal format
 */
Datum
reltimein(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	char	   *str = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
	RelativeTime result;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;
	fsec_t		fsec;
	int			dtype;
	int			dterr;
	char	   *field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
	int			nf,
				ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];
	char		lowstr[MAXDATELEN + 1];

	if (strlen(str) >= sizeof(lowstr))
		dterr = DTERR_BAD_FORMAT;
	else
		dterr = ParseDateTime(str, lowstr, field, ftype, MAXDATEFIELDS, &nf);
	if (dterr == 0)
		dterr = DecodeInterval(field, ftype, nf, &dtype, tm, &fsec);
	if (dterr != 0)
	{
		if (dterr == DTERR_FIELD_OVERFLOW)
			dterr = DTERR_INTERVAL_OVERFLOW;
		DateTimeParseError(dterr, str, "reltime");
	}

	switch (dtype)
	{
		case DTK_DELTA:
			result = ((((tm->tm_hour * 60) + tm->tm_min) * 60) + tm->tm_sec);
			result += ((tm->tm_year * 36525 * 864) + (((tm->tm_mon * 30) + tm->tm_mday) * 86400));
			break;

		default:
			elog(ERROR, "unexpected dtype %d while parsing reltime \"%s\"",
				 dtype, str);
			result = INVALID_RELTIME;
			break;
	}

	PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(result);
}

/*
 *		reltimeout		- converts the internal format to a reltime string
 */
Datum
reltimeout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime time = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	char	   *result;
	struct pg_tm	tt,
			   *tm = &tt;
	char		buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];

	reltime2tm(time, tm);
	EncodeInterval(tm, 0, DateStyle, buf);

	result = pstrdup(buf);
	PG_RETURN_CSTRING(result);
}

/*
 *		reltimerecv			- converts external binary format to reltime
 */
Datum
reltimerecv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	StringInfo	buf = (StringInfo) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);

	PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME((RelativeTime) pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(RelativeTime)));
}

/*
 *		reltimesend			- converts reltime to binary format
 */
Datum
reltimesend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime time = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	StringInfoData buf;

	pq_begintypsend(&buf);
	pq_sendint(&buf, time, sizeof(time));
	PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
}


static void
reltime2tm(RelativeTime time, struct pg_tm * tm)
{
	double		dtime = time;

	FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_year, 31557600);
	FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_mon, 2592000);
	FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_mday, 86400);
	FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_hour, 3600);
	FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_min, 60);
	FMODULO(dtime, tm->tm_sec, 1);
}


/*
 *		tintervalin		- converts an interval string to internal format
 */
Datum
tintervalin(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	char	   *intervalstr = PG_GETARG_CSTRING(0);
	TimeInterval interval;
	AbsoluteTime i_start,
				i_end,
				t1,
				t2;

	interval = (TimeInterval) palloc(sizeof(TimeIntervalData));
	if (istinterval(intervalstr, &t1, &t2) == 0)
		ereport(ERROR,
				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_DATETIME_FORMAT),
				 errmsg("invalid input syntax for type tinterval: \"%s\"",
						intervalstr)));

	if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
		interval->status = T_INTERVAL_INVAL;	/* undefined  */
	else
		interval->status = T_INTERVAL_VALID;

	i_start = ABSTIMEMIN(t1, t2);
	i_end = ABSTIMEMAX(t1, t2);
	interval->data[0] = i_start;
	interval->data[1] = i_end;

	PG_RETURN_TIMEINTERVAL(interval);
}


/*
 *		tintervalout	- converts an internal interval format to a string
 */
Datum
tintervalout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	char	   *i_str,
			   *p;

	i_str = (char *) palloc(T_INTERVAL_LEN);	/* ["..." "..."] */
	strcpy(i_str, "[\"");
	if (interval->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
		strcat(i_str, INVALID_INTERVAL_STR);
	else
	{
		p = DatumGetCString(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimeout,
							   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[0])));
		strcat(i_str, p);
		pfree(p);
		strcat(i_str, "\" \"");
		p = DatumGetCString(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimeout,
							   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[1])));
		strcat(i_str, p);
		pfree(p);
	}
	strcat(i_str, "\"]");
	PG_RETURN_CSTRING(i_str);
}

/*
 *		tintervalrecv			- converts external binary format to tinterval
 */
Datum
tintervalrecv(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	StringInfo	buf = (StringInfo) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
	TimeInterval interval;

	interval = (TimeInterval) palloc(sizeof(TimeIntervalData));

	interval->status = pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(interval->status));
	if (!(interval->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL ||
		  interval->status == T_INTERVAL_VALID))
		ereport(ERROR,
				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_BINARY_REPRESENTATION),
				 errmsg("invalid status in external \"tinterval\" value")));

	interval->data[0] = pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(interval->data[0]));
	interval->data[1] = pq_getmsgint(buf, sizeof(interval->data[1]));

	PG_RETURN_TIMEINTERVAL(interval);
}

/*
 *		tintervalsend			- converts tinterval to binary format
 */
Datum
tintervalsend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	StringInfoData buf;

	pq_begintypsend(&buf);
	pq_sendint(&buf, interval->status, sizeof(interval->status));
	pq_sendint(&buf, interval->data[0], sizeof(interval->data[0]));
	pq_sendint(&buf, interval->data[1], sizeof(interval->data[1]));
	PG_RETURN_BYTEA_P(pq_endtypsend(&buf));
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *	 PUBLIC ROUTINES														 *
 *****************************************************************************/

Datum
interval_reltime(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	Interval   *interval = PG_GETARG_INTERVAL_P(0);
	RelativeTime time;
	int			year,
				month;

#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
	int64		span;

#else
	double		span;
#endif

	if (interval->month == 0)
	{
		year = 0;
		month = 0;
	}
	else if (abs(interval->month) >= 12)
	{
		year = (interval->month / 12);
		month = (interval->month % 12);
	}
	else
	{
		year = 0;
		month = interval->month;
	}

#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
	span = ((((INT64CONST(365250000) * year) + (INT64CONST(30000000) * month))
			 * INT64CONST(86400)) + interval->time);
	span /= INT64CONST(1000000);
#else
	span = (((((double) 365.25 * year) + ((double) 30 * month)) * 86400) + interval->time);
#endif

	if ((span < INT_MIN) || (span > INT_MAX))
		time = INVALID_RELTIME;
	else
		time = span;

	PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(time);
}


Datum
reltime_interval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime reltime = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	Interval   *result;
	int			year,
				month;

	result = (Interval *) palloc(sizeof(Interval));

	switch (reltime)
	{
		case INVALID_RELTIME:
			ereport(ERROR,
					(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
			  errmsg("cannot convert reltime \"invalid\" to interval")));
			result->time = 0;
			result->month = 0;
			break;

		default:
#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
			year = (reltime / (36525 * 864));
			reltime -= (year * (36525 * 864));
			month = (reltime / (30 * 86400));
			reltime -= (month * (30 * 86400));

			result->time = (reltime * INT64CONST(1000000));
#else
			TMODULO(reltime, year, (36525 * 864));
			TMODULO(reltime, month, (30 * 86400));

			result->time = reltime;
#endif
			result->month = ((12 * year) + month);
			break;
	}

	PG_RETURN_INTERVAL_P(result);
}


/*
 *		mktinterval		- creates a time interval with endpoints t1 and t2
 */
Datum
mktinterval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	AbsoluteTime t2 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(1);
	AbsoluteTime tstart = ABSTIMEMIN(t1, t2);
	AbsoluteTime tend = ABSTIMEMAX(t1, t2);
	TimeInterval interval;

	interval = (TimeInterval) palloc(sizeof(TimeIntervalData));

	if (t1 == INVALID_ABSTIME || t2 == INVALID_ABSTIME)
		interval->status = T_INTERVAL_INVAL;
	else
	{
		interval->status = T_INTERVAL_VALID;
		interval->data[0] = tstart;
		interval->data[1] = tend;
	}

	PG_RETURN_TIMEINTERVAL(interval);
}

/*
 *		timepl, timemi and abstimemi use the formula
 *				abstime + reltime = abstime
 *		so		abstime - reltime = abstime
 *		and		abstime - abstime = reltime
 */

/*
 *		timepl			- returns the value of (abstime t1 + reltime t2)
 */
Datum
timepl(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	if (AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t1) &&
		RelativeTimeIsValid(t2) &&
		((t2 > 0) ? (t1 < NOEND_ABSTIME - t2)
		 : (t1 > NOSTART_ABSTIME - t2)))		/* prevent overflow */
		PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(t1 + t2);

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
}


/*
 *		timemi			- returns the value of (abstime t1 - reltime t2)
 */
Datum
timemi(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t1 = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	if (AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t1) &&
		RelativeTimeIsValid(t2) &&
		((t2 > 0) ? (t1 > NOSTART_ABSTIME + t2)
		 : (t1 < NOEND_ABSTIME + t2)))	/* prevent overflow */
		PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(t1 - t2);

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
}


/*
 *		intinterval		- returns true iff absolute date is in the interval
 */
Datum
intinterval(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	AbsoluteTime t = PG_GETARG_ABSOLUTETIME(0);
	TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	if (interval->status == T_INTERVAL_VALID && t != INVALID_ABSTIME)
	{
		if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimege,
											 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t),
							 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[0]))) &&
			DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimele,
											 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(t),
							   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(interval->data[1]))))
			PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
	}
	PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
}

/*
 *		tintervalrel		- returns  relative time corresponding to interval
 */
Datum
tintervalrel(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval interval = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	AbsoluteTime t1 = interval->data[0];
	AbsoluteTime t2 = interval->data[1];

	if (interval->status != T_INTERVAL_VALID)
		PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(INVALID_RELTIME);

	if (AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t1) &&
		AbsoluteTimeIsReal(t2))
		PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(t2 - t1);

	PG_RETURN_RELATIVETIME(INVALID_RELTIME);
}


/*
 *		timenow			- returns  time "now", internal format
 *
 *		Now AbsoluteTime is time since Jan 1 1970 -mer 7 Feb 1992
 */
Datum
timenow(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	time_t		sec;

	if (time(&sec) < 0)
		PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);

	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME((AbsoluteTime) sec);
}

/*
 * reltime comparison routines
 */
static int
reltime_cmp_internal(RelativeTime a, RelativeTime b)
{
	/*
	 * We consider all INVALIDs to be equal and larger than any non-INVALID.
	 * This is somewhat arbitrary; the important thing is to have a
	 * consistent sort order.
	 */
	if (a == INVALID_RELTIME)
	{
		if (b == INVALID_RELTIME)
			return 0;			/* INVALID = INVALID */
		else
			return 1;			/* INVALID > non-INVALID */
	}

	if (b == INVALID_RELTIME)
		return -1;				/* non-INVALID < INVALID */

	if (a > b)
		return 1;
	else if (a == b)
		return 0;
	else
		return -1;
}

Datum
reltimeeq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) == 0);
}

Datum
reltimene(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) != 0);
}

Datum
reltimelt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) < 0);
}

Datum
reltimegt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) > 0);
}

Datum
reltimele(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) <= 0);
}

Datum
reltimege(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2) >= 0);
}

Datum
btreltimecmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	RelativeTime t1 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(0);
	RelativeTime t2 = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);

	PG_RETURN_INT32(reltime_cmp_internal(t1, t2));
}


/*
 *		tintervalsame	- returns true iff interval i1 is same as interval i2
 *		Check begin and end time.
 */
Datum
tintervalsame(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	if (i1->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || i2->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);

	if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimeeq,
									   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[0]),
								   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[0]))) &&
		DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimeeq,
									   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[1]),
									 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[1]))))
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
	PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
}

/*
 * tinterval comparison routines
 *
 * Note: comparison is based on the lengths of the intervals, not on
 * endpoint value.  This is pretty bogus, but since it's only a legacy
 * datatype I'm not going to propose changing it.
 */
static int
tinterval_cmp_internal(TimeInterval a, TimeInterval b)
{
	bool		a_invalid;
	bool		b_invalid;
	AbsoluteTime a_len;
	AbsoluteTime b_len;

	/*
	 * We consider all INVALIDs to be equal and larger than any non-INVALID.
	 * This is somewhat arbitrary; the important thing is to have a
	 * consistent sort order.
	 */
	a_invalid = ((a->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL) ||
				 (a->data[0] == INVALID_ABSTIME) ||
				 (a->data[1] == INVALID_ABSTIME));
	b_invalid = ((b->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL) ||
				 (b->data[0] == INVALID_ABSTIME) ||
				 (b->data[1] == INVALID_ABSTIME));

	if (a_invalid)
	{
		if (b_invalid)
			return 0;			/* INVALID = INVALID */
		else
			return 1;			/* INVALID > non-INVALID */
	}

	if (b_invalid)
		return -1;				/* non-INVALID < INVALID */

	a_len = a->data[1] - a->data[0];
	b_len = b->data[1] - b->data[0];

	if (a_len > b_len)
		return 1;
	else if (a_len == b_len)
		return 0;
	else
		return -1;
}

Datum
tintervaleq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) == 0);
}

Datum
tintervalne(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) != 0);
}

Datum
tintervallt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) < 0);
}

Datum
tintervalle(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) <= 0);
}

Datum
tintervalgt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) > 0);
}

Datum
tintervalge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_BOOL(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2) >= 0);
}

Datum
bttintervalcmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	PG_RETURN_INT32(tinterval_cmp_internal(i1, i2));
}


/*
 *		tintervalleneq	- returns true iff length of interval i is equal to
 *								reltime t
 *		tintervallenne	- returns true iff length of interval i is not equal
 *								to reltime t
 *		tintervallenlt	- returns true iff length of interval i is less than
 *								reltime t
 *		tintervallengt	- returns true iff length of interval i is greater
 *								than reltime t
 *		tintervallenle	- returns true iff length of interval i is less or
 *								equal than reltime t
 *		tintervallenge	- returns true iff length of interval i is greater or
 *								equal than reltime t
 */
Datum
tintervalleneq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
	RelativeTime rt;

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
											   TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
	PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt == t));
}

Datum
tintervallenne(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
	RelativeTime rt;

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
											   TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
	PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt != t));
}

Datum
tintervallenlt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
	RelativeTime rt;

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
											   TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
	PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt < t));
}

Datum
tintervallengt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
	RelativeTime rt;

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
											   TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
	PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt > t));
}

Datum
tintervallenle(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
	RelativeTime rt;

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
											   TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
	PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt <= t));
}

Datum
tintervallenge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	RelativeTime t = PG_GETARG_RELATIVETIME(1);
	RelativeTime rt;

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || t == INVALID_RELTIME)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	rt = DatumGetRelativeTime(DirectFunctionCall1(tintervalrel,
											   TimeIntervalGetDatum(i)));
	PG_RETURN_BOOL((rt != INVALID_RELTIME) && (rt >= t));
}

/*
 *		tintervalct		- returns true iff interval i1 contains interval i2
 */
Datum
tintervalct(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	if (i1->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || i2->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimele,
									   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[0]),
								   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[0]))) &&
		DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimege,
									   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[1]),
									 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[1]))))
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
	PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
}

/*
 *		tintervalov		- returns true iff interval i1 (partially) overlaps i2
 */
Datum
tintervalov(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i1 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);
	TimeInterval i2 = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(1);

	if (i1->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL || i2->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	if (DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimelt,
									   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[1]),
								   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[0]))) ||
		DatumGetBool(DirectFunctionCall2(abstimegt,
									   AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i1->data[0]),
									 AbsoluteTimeGetDatum(i2->data[1]))))
		PG_RETURN_BOOL(false);
	PG_RETURN_BOOL(true);
}

/*
 *		tintervalstart	- returns  the start of interval i
 */
Datum
tintervalstart(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
		PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(i->data[0]);
}

/*
 *		tintervalend		- returns  the end of interval i
 */
Datum
tintervalend(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	TimeInterval i = PG_GETARG_TIMEINTERVAL(0);

	if (i->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
		PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(INVALID_ABSTIME);
	PG_RETURN_ABSOLUTETIME(i->data[1]);
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *	 PRIVATE ROUTINES														 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 *		istinterval		- returns 1, iff i_string is a valid interval descr.
 *								  0, iff i_string is NOT a valid interval desc.
 *								  2, iff any time is INVALID_ABSTIME
 *
 *		output parameter:
 *				i_start, i_end: interval margins
 *
 *		Time interval:
 *		`[' {` '} `'' <AbsTime> `'' {` '} `'' <AbsTime> `'' {` '} `]'
 *
 *		OR	`Undefined Range'	(see also INVALID_INTERVAL_STR)
 *
 *		where <AbsTime> satisfies the syntax of absolute time.
 *
 *		e.g.  [  '  Jan 18 1902'   'Jan 1 00:00:00 1970']
 */
static int
istinterval(char *i_string,
			AbsoluteTime *i_start,
			AbsoluteTime *i_end)
{
	char	   *p,
			   *p1;
	char		c;

	p = i_string;
	/* skip leading blanks up to '[' */
	while ((c = *p) != '\0')
	{
		if (IsSpace(c))
			p++;
		else if (c != '[')
			return 0;			/* syntax error */
		else
			break;
	}
	p++;
	/* skip leading blanks up to '"' */
	while ((c = *p) != '\0')
	{
		if (IsSpace(c))
			p++;
		else if (c != '"')
			return 0;			/* syntax error */
		else
			break;
	}
	p++;
	if (strncmp(INVALID_INTERVAL_STR, p, strlen(INVALID_INTERVAL_STR)) == 0)
		return 0;				/* undefined range, handled like a syntax
								 * err. */
	/* search for the end of the first date and change it to a NULL */
	p1 = p;
	while ((c = *p1) != '\0')
	{
		if (c == '"')
		{
			*p1 = '\0';
			break;
		}
		p1++;
	}
	/* get the first date */
	*i_start = DatumGetAbsoluteTime(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimein,
													CStringGetDatum(p)));
	/* rechange NULL at the end of the first date to a '"' */
	*p1 = '"';
	p = ++p1;
	/* skip blanks up to '"', beginning of second date */
	while ((c = *p) != '\0')
	{
		if (IsSpace(c))
			p++;
		else if (c != '"')
			return 0;			/* syntax error */
		else
			break;
	}
	p++;
	/* search for the end of the second date and change it to a NULL */
	p1 = p;
	while ((c = *p1) != '\0')
	{
		if (c == '"')
		{
			*p1 = '\0';
			break;
		}
		p1++;
	}
	/* get the second date */
	*i_end = DatumGetAbsoluteTime(DirectFunctionCall1(abstimein,
													CStringGetDatum(p)));
	/* rechange NULL at the end of the first date to a '"' */
	*p1 = '"';
	p = ++p1;
	/* skip blanks up to ']' */
	while ((c = *p) != '\0')
	{
		if (IsSpace(c))
			p++;
		else if (c != ']')
			return 0;			/* syntax error */
		else
			break;
	}
	p++;
	c = *p;
	if (c != '\0')
		return 0;				/* syntax error */
	/* it seems to be a valid interval */
	return 1;
}


/*****************************************************************************
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * timeofday -
 *	   returns the current time as a text. similar to timenow() but returns
 *	   seconds with more precision (up to microsecs). (I need this to compare
 *	   the Wisconsin benchmark with Illustra whose TimeNow() shows current
 *	   time with precision up to microsecs.)			  - ay 3/95
 */
Datum
timeofday(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
	struct timeval tp;
	struct timezone tpz;
	char		templ[128];
	char		buf[128];
	text	   *result;
	int			len;
	time_t		tt;

	gettimeofday(&tp, &tpz);
	tt = (time_t) tp.tv_sec;
	pg_strftime(templ, sizeof(templ), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S.%%06d %Y %Z",
			 pg_localtime(&tt));
	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), templ, tp.tv_usec);

	len = VARHDRSZ + strlen(buf);
	result = (text *) palloc(len);
	VARATT_SIZEP(result) = len;
	memcpy(VARDATA(result), buf, strlen(buf));
	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
}
