How can I sum/subtract time values from same row - postgresql

Question

I want to sum and subtract two or more timestamp columns.
I'm using PostgreSQL and I have a structure as you can see:
I can't round the minutes or seconds, so I'm trying to extract the EPOCH and doing the operation after, but I always get an error because the first EXTRACT recognizes the column, but when I put the second EXTRACT in the same SQL command I get an error message saying that the second column does not exist.
I'll give you an example:
SELECT
EXAMPLE.PERSON_ID,
COALESCE(EXTRACT(EPOCH from EXAMPLE.LEFT_AT),0) +
COALESCE(EXTRACT(EPOCH from EXAMPLE.ARRIVED_AT),0) AS CREDIT
FROM
EXAMPLE
WHERE
EXAMPLE.PERSON_ID = 1;
In this example I would get an error like:
Column ARRIVED_AT does not exist
Why is this happening?
Could I sum/subtract time values from same row?

Answer 1

Is ARRIVED_AT a calculated value instead of a column? What did you run to get the query results image you posted showing those columns?
The following script does what you expect, so there's something about the structure of the table you're querying that isn't what you expect.
CREATE SCHEMA so46801016;
SET search_path=so46801016;
CREATE TABLE trips (
person_id serial primary key,
arrived_at time,
left_at time
);
INSERT INTO trips (arrived_at, left_at) VALUES
('14:30'::time, '19:30'::time)
, ('11:27'::time, '20:00'::time)
;
SELECT
t.person_id,
COALESCE(EXTRACT(EPOCH from t.left_at),0) +
COALESCE(EXTRACT(EPOCH from t.arrived_at),0) AS credit
FROM
trips t;
DROP SCHEMA so46801016 CASCADE;