Re: to_timestamp overloaded to convert from Unix epoch

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Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> Please find attached a patch (diff -c against cvs HEAD) to add a
> function that accepts a double precision argument assumed to be a Unix
> epoch timestamp and returns timestamp with time zone, and accompanying
> documentation.
>
> Usage:
>
> test=# select to_timestamp(200120400);
> to_timestamp
> ------------------------
> 1976-05-05 14:00:00+09
> (1 row)
>
> If regression tests are required, I will produce some. I'd appreciate
> any pointers as to what to look for, as they would be my first attempt
> at writing regression tests.
>
> Regards
>
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm myrealbox com
>

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