Re: Date not being parsed as expected

From: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc(at)mega-bucks(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Date not being parsed as expected
Date: 2002-09-06 09:46:12
Message-ID: 1031305572.967.13.camel@linda
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On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 09:33, Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote:
> Uh? I thought DateStyle could only be ISO, US, or European? Are you
> asking me to set it to ISO AND European?

DateStyle ISO/European means output in ISO and accept input in European
format.

bray=# set DateStyle= ISO,European;
SET VARIABLE
bray=# select '9/10/02'::date;
date
------------
2002-10-09
(1 row)

bray=# set DateStyle= ISO,US;
SET VARIABLE
bray=# select '9/10/02'::date;
date
------------
2002-09-10
(1 row)

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