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Re: Compute difference between timestamps

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:00:22 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2006.06.04.20.00.17.120092@sbcglobal.net>


On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:28:54 -0700, c8s3dw_at_verizon.net wrote:

> Cannot be implemented directly because to_date takes a character column
> argument, not a timestamp. So we convert to character first:

That's correct.> TO_DATE does not take "FF3". Also, date lacks the millisecond precision
> that I need.

Well, you said you wanted the results expressed as seconds, so I assumed you don't need millisecond. Obviously my assumption was incorrect. Try with "J" format, that's the only other thing I can think of.

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Received on Sun Jun 04 2006 - 15:00:22 CDT

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