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Please find attached a patch (diff -c against cvs HEAD) to add a

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function that accepts a double precision argument assumed to be a Unix
epoch timestamp and returns timestamp with time zone, and accompanying
documentation.

Usage:

test=# select to_timestamp(200120400);
       to_timestamp
------------------------
  1976-05-05 14:00:00+09
(1 row)

Michael Glaesemann
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Bruce Momjian
2005-06-09 16:35:09 +00:00
parent 4a5cda7bba
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doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.252 2005/06/07 07:08:34 neilc Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.253 2005/06/09 16:35:08 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -4082,6 +4082,13 @@ SELECT SUBSTRING('XY1234Z', 'Y*?([0-9]{1,3})');
argument is the value to be formatted and the second argument is a
template that defines the output or input format.
</para>
<para>
The <function>to_timestamp</function> function can also take a single
<type>double precision</type> argument to convert from Unix epoch to
<type>timestamp with time zone</type>.
(<type>Integer</type> Unix epochs are implicitly cast to
<type>double precision</type>.)
</para>
<table id="functions-formatting-table">
<title>Formatting Functions</title>
@ -4138,6 +4145,12 @@ SELECT SUBSTRING('XY1234Z', 'Y*?([0-9]{1,3})');
<entry>convert string to time stamp</entry>
<entry><literal>to_timestamp('05&nbsp;Dec&nbsp;2000', 'DD&nbsp;Mon&nbsp;YYYY')</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal><function>to_timestamp</function>(<type>double precision</type>)</literal></entry>
<entry><type>timestamp with time zone</type></entry>
<entry>convert UNIX epoch to time stamp</entry>
<entry><literal>to_timestamp(200120400)</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal><function>to_number</function>(<type>text</type>, <type>text</type>)</literal></entry>
<entry><type>numeric</type></entry>