Strange behavior with timestamps

From: Marc Wrubleski <mlwruble(at)sorexsoftware(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Strange behavior with timestamps
Date: 2001-03-08 20:19:35
Message-ID: 3AA7E957.A1F9675@sorexsoftware.com
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Hi all,

I am witnessing something strange with my timestamps here and I am
desperately hoping someone can explain or assist.

If I set a time using unix timestamp, it is recalled as a different time
a week different!

The following example is for illustration purposes:

pulver=# select version();
version
-------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.0.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.96

pulver=# update connections set starttime = timestamp 'epoch' + reltime
'984685319';
UPDATE 1
pulver=# select date_part('epoch', starttime) from connections;
date_part
-----------
985290119
(1 row)

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