Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
Cc: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input
Date: 2003-07-30 01:20:48
Message-ID: 200307300120.h6U1Km607615@candle.pha.pa.us
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Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >> > Did we come to a conclusion on whether DMY and MDY ought to become
> >> > the preferred names for those input modes, rather than EURO and US?
> >> > I'm leaning towards doing it ...
> >>
> >> I'd vote for DMY/MDY for names. Far more obvious to the uninitiated...
> >
> > Yes, I never liked the US/European designations.
> <AOL>Me Too</AOL>

Now that is nice:

test=> show datestyle;
DateStyle
-----------
ISO, MDY
(1 row)

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