Re: [DOCS] Add example about date ISO format

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:26 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 06:26:45PM +0100, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> > On 2023-Nov-22, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> >
> > > I think the example had best be at "8.5.2. Date/Time Output", in
> > > doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml around line 2552.
> >
> > Actually, isn't that a strange location? Chapter 8.5.2 is about the
> > datatype itself, and there's already a cross-link to Section 9.8 for
> > to_char() stuff. Since this is to_char() that the example wants to add,
> > I think the to_char reference is a more appropriate place -- probably
> > table "9.31 to_char Examples".
>
> I originally thought it belonged in section 9.8 too, but I think the
> value of this example is ISO 8601 and I don't see how we can cleanly
> mention that in table 9.31.
>
>
Most of our tables have description columns, we could add one here. Or
I've seen us use footnote superscripts before in a table then add the
footnote text after the end of the table.

I'm against incorporating this material into the data types in Chapter 8.

David J.