Re: Localization (for dates) Oracle vs. Postgresql

From: Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, "Amin Schoeib" <aschoeib(at)4tek(dot)de>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Localization (for dates) Oracle vs. Postgresql
Date: 2003-09-03 22:04:35
Message-ID: m3smndzg78.fsf@conexa.fciencias.unam.mx
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> "Amin Schoeib" <aschoeib(at)4tek(dot)de> writes:
> > When I would execute this:
> > select to_char(now(),'DD.Month,YYYY')
> > I would get the monthname in english but how can I perform with to_char
> > That I become the monthname in german??
>
> Karel, isn't there a way to get localized month names using
> to_char() ? I thought there was, but I don't see anything about it
> in the manual.

I sent the patch long time ago and it was rejected by Karel :-(. I can
work on this again but I can't remember exactly why it was rejected, I
think Karel and I didn't reach agreement on the API.

Regards,
Manuel.

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