Re: Datetime patch

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: greg(at)turnstep(dot)com, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Datetime patch
Date: 2003-07-25 19:51:40
Message-ID: 27877.1059162700@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I have never seen YY/MM/DD, only YYYY-MM-DD.

You have apparently forgotten what was standard practice just a few
years ago.

> The huge problem is
> deciding out how to decode 03-02-01. I think we have to require the
> century for those.

No, the entire point is to drive it off datestyle, *not* off the input
value ranges.

> If that is the only issue, I can ask on general, but I doubt someone is
> going to pipe up.

I really dislike the idea that we are going to legislate this behavior
in a three-person discussion on -patches. The people who will be
screaming about it don't read -patches.

regards, tom lane

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