Re: To_char statement problems

Clark Endrizzi wrote:

> I just sent this twice before with the wrong email address so it
> didn't go through, that is why I am sending this so that it will get
> through. I hope this isn't causing issues.
>
> Hi guys. I certainly hope this is the correct place to email this.
> I'm having an issue that I have really tried to solve but can't.
>
> I'm using RHEL's postgresql 7.3.4 and everything works great except my
> to_char() statements. The most common conversion string I use is
> 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM' which works except the minutes are never
> correct, they always end with ":04". So if I submitted it at 10:23 AM
> it will say 10:04 after conversion.
>
> I know Redhat doesn't have the newest version but I can't believe that
> they would have such a big problem. Is this just a problem in this
> version? Is my syntax incorrect?
>
> Thanks!
>
>--
>Clark Endrizzi
>NAI Utah Commercial Real Estate
>801-578-5522
>
You're telling it to give you month/day/year hour:month am[pm]

Use MI for minutes instead of MM.

Ron