Re: Porting from mysql to psql (UNIX_TIMESTAMP()?)

From: Zlatko Calusic <zlatko(at)iskon(dot)hr>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Porting from mysql to psql (UNIX_TIMESTAMP()?)
Date: 2000-09-09 12:30:35
Message-ID: 871yyt21ec.fsf@atlas.iskon.hr
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Zlatko Calusic <zlatko(at)iskon(dot)hr> writes:

> Is there any similar functionality (returning unixish number of
> seconds since 1970 from the timestamp field) in PostgreSQL?

It's amazing that I spent something like an hour trying to find an
answer, and only ten minutes waiting for the answer to it. :)

Mario Weilguni came up with a date_part('epoch', start) solution, and
that is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks Mario!
--
Zlatko

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