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Re: date format in epoch

From: Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:11:40 +0200
Message-Id: <1147806700.8563.3.camel@dbalert199.dbalert.nl>


To get sysdate converted in seconds since 01-JAN-1970 try this:

select (SYSDATE - TO_DATE('01011970000000' , 'ddmmyyyyhh24miss')) * 86400 AS epoch_date FROM dual
/

Best regards,

Carel-Jan Engel

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On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 12:04 -0700, Anthony Ettinger wrote:

> I have dates in the database as "seconds since epoch"..
>
> I need to select items where start_time >= epoch(sysdate - 7);
>
> How do I get the sysdate converting to epoch easily within the sql code?
>
>

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