Re: Convert a UNIX timestamp in a PostgreSQL INSERT statement

On 4 Apr 2004, at 12:08, Alan T. Miller wrote:

> I have a PHP script that captures the time using the PHP time()
> function. I
> want to insert this time into a postgresql table timestamp field. I am
> at a
> loss on how to do this. ...

If you have a Unix-style timestamp (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00) you
can convert it to a PostgreSQL timestamp like this:

   select timestamp '1970-01-01' + interval '953559481 seconds';

There might be a better way, but that's how I solved it.
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