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# Using Intervals To Offset Time
Postgres Intervals can be used with time as a way of determining a
standard offset. For instance, I can concisely determine what the time was 2
hours earlier with
```sql
> select now() - '2 hours'::interval as earlier;
earlier
-------------------------------
2015-06-12 21:17:43.678822-05
```
or similarly
```sql
> select now() - interval '2 hours' as earlier;
earlier
-------------------------------
2015-06-12 21:17:43.678822-05
```