O Hans Olav Eggestad Ýãñáøå óôéò Jul 5, 2005 :
> I've just installed v8.0.3 and tested the 'epoch' part of extract, which for
> my applications is fundamental. here is the result:
>
> jova=# select extract(epoch from timestamp '19700102')\g
> date_part
> -----------
> 82800
> (1 row)
>
> jova=# select extract(epoch from timestamp '19700101')\g
> date_part
> -----------
> -3600
> (1 row)
>
> jova=# select extract(epoch from timestamp with time zone '19700101')\g
> date_part
> -----------
> -3600
> (1 row)
>
> jova=# select extract(epoch from timestamp without time zone '19700101')\g
> date_part
> -----------
> -3600
> (1 row)
I get pretty much of the same (with the respective 2 hours difference)
for EST TZ, on pgsql 7.4.6.
If you do
dynacom=# SET TimeZone TO UTC;
dynacom=# select extract(epoch from timestamp without time zone
'1970-01-01 00:00:00.000');
date_part
-----------
0
(1 row)
dynacom=# select extract(epoch from timestamp without time zone
'1970-01-01 00:00:04.000');
date_part
-----------
4
(1 row)
dynacom=#
dynacom=# select extract(epoch from timestamp without time zone
'1970-01-01 01:00:00.000');
date_part
-----------
3600
(1 row)
dynacom=# select extract(epoch from timestamp without time zone
'1970-01-02 00:00:00.000');
date_part
-----------
86400
(1 row)
Notice that:
dynacom=# select extract(epoch from timestamp with time zone '1970-01-01
00:00:00.000+0');
date_part
-----------
0
That might do the trick for you, altho with a first glance
i think that this should behave the same way as
the without time zone version, but it doesnt.
>
> the time zone here is 1 hour before GMT, so i guess it has something to do with that, but i have to have this
functioncorrect. hope i can get a patch for this soon. (BTW i've not tested this in earlier versions, but i'm now going
tomake posgres version of my sybase applications)
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