justify_hours()

Adjust interval, converting 24-hour time periods to days

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justify_hours ( interval ) → interval

Examples

SELECT justify_hours(interval '50 hours 10 minutes');

2 days 02:10:00

Run against PostgreSQL 18.6 on 2026-09-13. This is the output we got, not the documentation’s.

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