Converting interval to integer

Posted in 1993

kevinc — 10 Feb 93 01:24:33 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I've scoured documentation and this seemingly simple thing eludes me. I have two columns of datetime year to minute type. When I subtract then I of course get an interval. I need to get the return in an integer value of minutes. Is this straight forward?