Re: Evidently no support for the mmddyyyy date format

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bernard Barton <bfb21(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Evidently no support for the mmddyyyy date format
Date: 2009-04-09 23:03:53
Message-ID: 8040.1239318233@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bernard Barton <bfb21(at)comcast(dot)net> writes:
> Today I tried every permutation of the DateStyle parameter I could find, and
> still cannot get PostgreSQL 8.3 to accept dates in the format mmddyyyy. I tried
> setting this in the postgresql.conf file, and also in psql using "set datestyle
> to <style>". So, am I correct to conclude that it is not possible to configure
> to accept dates on the mmddyyyy format?

If you mean eightdigitswithoutanypunctuation, I think that's correct.

regards, tom lane

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