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How to Convert a Unix Timestamp to a Date/Time Value in SQL Server

January 9, 2023April 20, 2022 by Ian

In SQL Server, we can use the following method to return a date and time based on a given Unix timestamp.

The Unix timestamp (also known as Unix Epoch time, Unix time, or POSIX time) is the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Categories SQL Server Tags dates, how to, t-sql

Return the Unix Timestamp in PostgreSQL

April 19, 2022 by Ian

In PostgreSQL, we can use the extract() function along with the epoch argument to return the Unix timestamp.

We can return the Unix timestamp based on the current date/time, or we can get it based on another specified date/time.

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2 Ways to Get the Number of Days in a Month in Oracle

April 19, 2022 by Ian

Here are a couple of ways to return the number of days in a given month in Oracle Database. This could be the number of days in the current month, or the number of days in a month based on a specified date.

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Subtract Days from a Date in SQLite

April 18, 2022 by Ian

In SQLite, we can use the DATE() function to subtract one or more days from a date.

For datetime values, we can use the DATETIME() function.

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Return the Number of Days in a Month in MariaDB

April 17, 2022 by Ian

Here’s a nifty trick we can use in MariaDB to return the number of days in a month based on a given date.

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3 Ways to Get the First Day of the Month in SQL Server

April 16, 2022 by Ian

Below are three options for using T-SQL to return the first day of the month in SQL Server.

This could be the first day of the current month, or the first day of a month based on a given date.

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Subtract Minutes from a Time Value in PostgreSQL

April 16, 2022 by Ian

In PostgreSQL, we can use the - operator to subtract one or more minutes from a time value.

By “time” value, this could be an actual time value, a timestamp, or an interval. We can also subtract minutes from a date value or a date and time combination.

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Add Months to a Date in SQLite

April 15, 2022 by Ian

In SQLite, we can use the DATE() function to add one or more months to a date.

When we’re dealing with datetime values, we can use the DATETIME() function.

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How to Get the Last Day of the Month in Oracle

April 14, 2022 by Ian

In Oracle Database we can use the LAST_DAY() function to return the last day of a given month. This can be the last day of the current month or the last day of month based on a specified date.

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How to Get the Last Day of the Month in MySQL

April 14, 2022April 13, 2022 by Ian

We can use MySQL’s LAST_DAY() function to return the last day of a given month.

This could be the last day of the current month, or the last day of the month based on a date that we specify.

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