Re: [PATCHES] to_char and i18n

Added to TODO:

* Allow to_date() and to_timestamp() accept localized month names

Comment added to the C code to show where it has to happen.

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Karel Zak wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-12-25 at 17:56 -0300, Euler Taveira de Oliveira wrote:
> > --- Euler Taveira de Oliveira <eulerto(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)br> escreveu:
> >
> > > I have a patch like this. But this was for 7.4.x. I have to take a
> > > look
> > > at it.
> > >
> > The patch is attached. It implements day and month i18n. I fixed a few
> > misspelling comments. Docs is attached too.
> >
> > template1=# select to_char(now(), 'Day, DD Month YYYY');
> > to_char
> > ------------------------------
> > Sunday , 25 December 2005
> > (1 registro)
> >
> > template1=# select to_char(now(), 'TMDay, DD TMMonth YYYY');
> > to_char
> > ---------------------------
> > Domingo, 25 Dezembro 2005
> > (1 registro)
> >
> > template1=#
> >
> >
> > Comments?
>
> I think it looks like a good patch. There's small problem that the
> current to_char() output is possible use as argument for to_timestamp()
> or to_date() function. It means you should implement vice-versa
> conversion from string with TMMonth/TMDay to timestamp.
>
> to_timestamp('Domingo, 25 Dezembro 2005', 'TMDay, DD TMMonth YYYY')
>
> Or.. at least describe in the docs that this way is unsupported
> for 'TM' prefix.
>
> Karel
>
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> Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
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