Re: Getting interval in seconds?

From: Alex Pilosov <alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com>
To: Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh(at)pop(dot)jaring(dot)my>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Getting interval in seconds?
Date: 2001-06-11 02:34:52
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.10.10106102234210.17529-100000@spider.pilosoft.com
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On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Lincoln Yeoh wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How do I convert an interval to the number of seconds?
>
> e.g. I'd like the following to produce a result in seconds.
>
> select ('now'::timestamp - somedate)::interval from sometable;

select date_part('epoch',('now'::timestamp - somedate)::interval) from
sometable;

-alex

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