Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input
Date: 2003-07-28 19:48:39
Message-ID: 200307281948.h6SJmdb27688@candle.pha.pa.us
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scott.marlowe wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > Now, adding a YYMMDDD mode (not to be confused with YYYYMMDD) to
> > > datestyle is a feature addition to me. I am not sure if anyone wants
> > > it, though.
> >
> > Well, we now saw one person besides me who wants it, so that's good
> > enough for me ;-). I'll take responsibility for applying Greg's
> > original patch plus mods to support 'DMY', 'MDY', and 'YMD' input
> > datestyle options.
> >
> > Did we come to a conclusion on whether DMY and MDY ought to become
> > the preferred names for those input modes, rather than EURO and US?
> > I'm leaning towards doing it ...
>
> I'd vote for DMY/MDY for names. Far more obvious to the uninitiated...

Yes, I never liked the US/European designations.

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