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>>>>> "SF" == Stephen Frost <sfrost@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> (now()::timestamp without time zone - 'epoch'::timestamp without time zone)::reltime::integer
>> (Incidently, is there a better way in 9.4?)

SF> Uh, select extract('epoch' from now()); ?

Thanks.  Back when I first needed it (years ago), that long line was the
only recomendation I could find.

SF> The only thing I'd say about this is that you *really* want to use
SF> timestamptz in PG for storing timestamps.

I normally do, but this table hasn't changed in years.  Maybe 7.4 or so
was current when it started.

Thanks!

-JimC
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James Cloos <cloos@xxxxxxxxxxx>         OpenPGP: 0x997A9F17ED7DAEA6


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