Re: [GENERAL] datetime datatype question

Kevin Heflin ha scritto:

> If from the psql command line I use select current_timestamp it shows like
> this:
>
> 1999-10-01 14:30:53-05
>
> However if I insert into a datetime field, when I do a select it formats
> it like so:
>
> Sun Oct 03 10:00:00 1999 CDT
>
> Is there a way I can retrieve the information from a datetime field, and
> format it like the first example ?

Yes. Use TIMESTAMP data type instead of DATETIME.

José

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