Fwd: Re: php, time and postgresql

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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] php, time and postgresql
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 14:13:21 -0700
From: Mark Lane <mlane(at)mynewthing(dot)com>
To: Rasmus Resen Amossen <spunk(at)rhk(dot)dk>

On Friday 12 January 2001 14:03, you wrote:
> I want to save some time information in postgresql with php. What is the
> datatype in postgresql coresponding to the mktime()-unixtime function in
> php (creates a time in the format "979333398" eg.)?
>
> Thanx!

If you want to save time in that format just use an int4. All you have there
is an integer value so you will not need a special datatype. With datetime
information you only need a special datatypes when you storing information in
a form such as provided by timestamp.

Mark

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