I've for some time used:
(now()::timestamp without time zone - 'epoch'::timestamp without time zone)::reltime::integer
to get the current seconds since the epoch. The results are consistant
with date +%s.
(Incidently, is there a better way in 9.4?)
But I found the 'epoch'::timestamp + $THAT_VALUE::reltime was off.
I consitantly get 1970-01-01 06:00 plus a fraction of a second from:
select now() - ((now()::timestamp without time zone - 'epoch'::timestamp without time
zone)::reltime::integer)::reltime;
The machines on which I've tried it all have localtime == UTC.
Am I missing something obvious?
Also, is there any way to get the equiv of date +%s%N as a numeric or a
double precision?
-JimC
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