Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input
Date: 2003-07-26 02:59:51
Message-ID: 14229.1059188391@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> But we lose functionality that can't possibily be used in 2003 because
> 03-01-01 doesn't identify 03 as a year.

This argument is specious. You could equally well use it to justify
removing our support for dd-mm-yy and mm-dd-yy, because those aren't
unique either.

regards, tom lane

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