Datetime -> Timestamp conversion

Your name : Christof Petig
Your email address : christof(dot)petig(at)wtal(dot)de

System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : dual Intel Pentium II

Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Linux 2.2.11 ELF

PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.5.1): PostgreSQL-6.6
(yesterday's cvs)

Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : egcs-1.1.1

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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christof=> select timestamp(datetime 'now');
ERROR: No such function 'datetime_stamp' with the specified attributes

christof=> select timestamp(abstime(datetime 'now'));
timestamp
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Wed Aug 25 11:54:23 1999 MEST
(1 row)

It looks like if the SQL parser needs 'datetime_timestamp' , it looks
for 'datetime_stamp' which doesn't exist!

christof=> select datetime_timestamp(datetime 'now');
datetime_timestamp
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1999-08-25 11:55:46+02
(1 row)

Also all the different output formats for date/time are more than
confusing.
I read that TIMESTAMP (SQL92) shall replace DATETIME (PostgreSQL) in the
future, has anybody signed this work, yet? Thomas Lockhart?