Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> +1 to strftime("%c"). If we wanted to provide additional flexibility we
> could have a \pset option to change the strftime format string to
> something other than %c, but I don't think there's enough demand to
> justify it.
Agreed, that seems like something for later (or never). Pushed that way.
I also widened the buffer a bit in the back branches, to address the
original complaint.
regards, tom lane