Re: date format in epoch

thanks!

On 5/16/06, Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl> wrote:
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> 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:
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> 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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