On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Yan Cheng Cheok <yccheok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I know I can convert SQL timestamp to unix timestamp, using the following way. > > SELECT extract(epoch FROM now()); > > Now, I have a stored procedure function, which will directly return a table row to the caller. One of the row field is "timestamp" type. > > In my application, I am using libpq. I wish to use libpq functions (or any c/c++ function), to convert "2010-01-11 13:10:55.283" into unix timestamp. Off course, I can create another stored procedure named > > SQLTimestamp2UnixTimestamp > SELECT extract(epoch FROM $1); > > But I just wish to accomplish this task with a single c/c++ function call, without involving stored procedure. libpqtypes can do this (and it's much faster if you use libpqtypes to issue the query). PGtimestamptz ts; res = PQexef("select now()"); PQgetf(res, 0, "%timestamptz", 0 , &ts); int epoch = ts.epoch; http://libpqtypes.esilo.com/ merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general