I wrote:

> Using UNIX_TIMESTAMP() on a 
> timestamp column will produce an epoch time (in seconds), but it 
> won't necessarily be the right epoch time, because of daylight saving 
> time (summer time) and possibly data that has moved from one time 
> zone to another.

Actually the documentation seems to say that that's not true.  
I haven't tried it, so it could very well work.

Sorry for posting too quickly.

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