make_interval()

Create interval from years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds fields, each of which can default to zero

Signature

make_interval ( [ years int [, months int [, weeks int [, days int [, hours int [, mins int [, secs double precision ]]]]]]] ) → interval

Examples

SELECT make_interval(days => 10);

10 days

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

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