Re: How to get DATE in server locale format

From: Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif(at)solumslekt(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to get DATE in server locale format
Date: 2010-01-11 08:43:36
Message-ID: 201001110943.36723.leif@solumslekt.org
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On Sunday 10. January 2010 22.57.38 Andrus wrote:
> Server lc_times contains non-US locale.
>
> SELECT CURRENT_DATE::TEXT
>
> still returns date in format YYYY-MM-DD
>
> How to get date in server locale format ?

Pg doesn't care about lc_times.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-datetime.html#datatype-
datetime-output2-table

pgslekt=> SELECT CURRENT_DATE::TEXT;
text
------------
2010-01-11
(1 row)

pgslekt=> set datestyle to german;
SET
pgslekt=> SELECT CURRENT_DATE::TEXT;
text
------------
11.01.2010
(1 row)

regards,
--
Leif Biberg Kristensen
http://solumslekt.org/

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