Re: Localization (for dates) Oracle vs. Postgresql

From: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: 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 14:53:15
Message-ID: 20030903145315.GD5820@zf.jcu.cz
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:36:29AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "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.

No way:-(

But I think it's good point to TODO of the 7.5 release.

Karel

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