add duration intermediate type documentation #91
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| ### Duration | ||
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| Durations can be added to timestamps and dates. | ||
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| * `@2001-02-03 04:05 + 5 minutes` | ||
| * `@2001-02-03 04:05 + myHours hours` | ||
| * `@2021-01-01 + 5 weeks` | ||
| * `@0000-01-01 + myYear years + (daysIntoMyYear - 1) days` | ||
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Thanks for starting this.
A few notes.
- Durations can be added or subtracted.
- The legal units for durations are, i think, microseconds, milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks.
- SQL durations, if the database has them, are not imported and useful as Malloy durations.
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Done. I added years to your list of legal units 😄
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I also modified point3 for clarity.
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Per: https://malloy-community.slack.com/archives/C025JAK8G0N/p1691827240356029
The duration type should be properly documented.
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