On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 06:35:18PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@chello.cz> writes:
> > what is the opposite of cast(extract('epoch' from now()) as int)?
> > The only thing I found that works is
> > cast(cast(... as abstime) as timestamp)
> > and the documentation says abstime shouldn't be used, and may
> > disappear. What should I use instead?
>
> The recommended locution is
>
> SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' + <x> * INTERVAL '1 second';
I think this should read:
SELECT TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE 'epoch' AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' + <x> * INTERVAL '1 second';
/* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ */
to conform with the *n*x standard.
Cheers,
D
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