Re: Can you set the date output format (to_char style) per session?

From: Joshua Johnston <johnston(dot)joshua(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can you set the date output format (to_char style) per session?
Date: 2010-03-04 19:53:55
Message-ID: A35EA0B1-0548-496C-A901-ABD377D8AF44@gmail.com
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On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:

> hello
>
> 2010/3/4 Joshua Johnston <johnston(dot)joshua(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> Hello list!
>>
>> I am working through some i18n/l10n issues in a new application and one of our possible solutions for handling date formatting is to have the dates formatted by pgsql per session. I know I Can use DateStyle to adjust date output, but I am looking for something that works like SET DateStyle but with finer control like to_char(format, timestamp).
>>
>> Is there such thing?
>>
>
> no
>
> no on sql level - you can do some only in C lang - create own type -
> compatible with timestamp but with own output function.
>
> regards
> Pavel Stehule
>

That is what I thought. Thank you for your quick reply Pavel!

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