On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Ralph Smith wrote:
> date_string := to_date(year||'-'||month||'-'||day , 'YYYY-MM-DD') ;
> RAISE INFO 'date_string = %', date_string ;
> good_date := to_timestamp(date_string, 'YYYY-MM-DD') ;
> RAISE INFO 'good_date = %', good_date ;
This seems like alot of extra work, due to the implicit cast from date to
timestamp. I think
good_date := to_date(year || '-' || month || '-' || day, 'YYYY-MM-DD')
might work and just be simpler.
> UsecsD := EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM TIMESTAMP 'good_date') ;
If good_date's already a timestamp, I think this should just be:
EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM good_date)
