Storing epoch time using timestamps macro

[Geoff Simonds]

Good morning.

We are interested in storing the epoch time in our ecto tables/models rather than the default Ecto.DateTime.  Is there a way to accomplish this using @timestamps_opts?

Thanks for any help.

Geoff

[José Valim]

I have literally just pushed a functionality to Ecto master that allows that. You will need something like this:

    @timestamps_opts [type: :integer, autogenerate: {SomeMod, :function, []}]

Where you should implement SomeMod.function() so it returns the epoch time you desired when invoked.

José Valim

www.plataformatec.com.br

Skype: jv.ptec

Founder and Director of R&D

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[Geoff Simonds]

Great, thanks José.

We are currently required to use Sql Server as a backend for Ecto and are therefore using the Tds.Ecto adapter, which doesn't appear to compile using Ecto 2.  Do you have plans to incorporate the changes into the pre 2 branches?

Geoff

[José Valim]

No, there are no plans but you can implement this on 1.x as well. You won't be able to use the timestamps function but you should be able to provide the same functionality by defining the fields as integers and using callbacks.

José Valim

www.plataformatec.com.br

Skype: jv.ptec

Founder and Director of R&D

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