Re: Date formatting function

From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Date formatting function
Date: 2011-06-17 17:27:08
Message-ID: 20110617172708.GA21979@tux
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JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I am using the following formatting function for a date field and I get the
> name of the month in English language. How can I get it in Spanish?
>
> to_char(sea_fecha,'MONTH DD, YYYY') as sea_fecha_aux

I think, you have to use the 'translation mode prefix', see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/functions-formatting.html
Table 9-22. Template Pattern Modifiers for Date/Time Formatting

Andreas
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