Subject Re: [firebird-support] How to convert TIMESTAMP to unix timestamp (number of seconds since epoch)
Author Lester Caine
Kjell Rilbe wrote:
> Lester Caine wrote:
>> Kjell Rilbe wrote:
>> >> anything - but that is because you may not have the missing information
>> >> to loose.
>> >> to ^^^^^
>> >
>> > Ahemmm... That should be "lose" actually. :-) "Loose" means "not fixed"
>> > or some such.
>>
>> Well if you don't know where the timestamp was located then it's "not
>> fixed" ;)
>> English may be my only language but it does not mean I can actually use
>> it properly :)
>
> As opposed to your second language SQL? ;-)
Or C, Pascal, PHP ... etc ...

> It seems to me that the distinction between lose/loose is more often a
> problem (is it really a problem?) to native English speakers than us who
> have learned it the hard way: in school. Odd!

It was probably just a spelling mistake on my part - that and needing a
new keyboard because I've warn (? spelling ;) ) this one out, but the
new one does not 'feel' right :(

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