OpenEuphoria

to_unix

include datetime.e 
namespace datetime 
public function to_unix(datetime dt) 

converts a datetime value to the Unix numeric format (seconds since EPOCH_1970).

Parameters:

1. dt : a datetime to be queried.

Returns:

An atom, so this will not overflow during the winter 2038-2039.

Example 1:

secs_since_epoch = to_unix(now()) 
-- secs_since_epoch is equal to the current seconds since epoch 

See Also:

from_unix, format