DEGREES

Converts an expression from radians to fractional degrees, or from degrees, minutes, and seconds to fractional degrees. The return value has the type DOUBLE PRECISION.

Behavior type

Syntax

DEGREES ( { radians | degrees, minutes, seconds } )

Arguments

radians

Unit of angular measure. 2*π* radians is equal to a full rotation.

degrees

Unit of angular measure, equal to 1/360 of a full rotation.

minutes

Unit of angular measurement, representing 1/60 of a degree.

seconds

Unit of angular measurement, representing 1/60 of a minute.

Examples

SELECT DEGREES(0.5);
     DEGREES
------------------
 28.6478897565412
(1 row)

SELECT DEGREES(1,2,3);
     DEGREES
------------------
 1.03416666666667
(1 row)