Re: Converting POSTGRESQL timestamp to UNIX timestamp

select date_part('epoch', timestamp(topics.date_added)) from table;

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Richie wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a field of type timestamp in my database but when I retrieve it I
> want to convert it to its unix timetamp value because I need to compare 2
> tables by their timestamp value.
>
> Any ideas how to convert PostgreSQL timestamp to Unix timestamp???
>
> Thanks
>
> Richie
>
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