Re: Why extract( ... from timestamp ) is not immutable?

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: depesz(at)depesz(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Why extract( ... from timestamp ) is not immutable?
Date: 2012-01-25 16:10:19
Message-ID: 201201250810.20394.adrian.klaver@gmail.com
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On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:48:34 am hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:44:14AM -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> > > I thought that this is what I will achieve with extract(epoch from
> > > now() at time zone 'UTC') but clearly it doesn't work.
> > > So what options do I have?
> >
> > Isn't extract(epoch from now()) getting what you want?
>
> you can't make index on it.

I am afraid I am not following. So you can make an index on?:

extract(epoch from now() at time zone 'UTC')

>
> Best regards,
>
> depesz

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