Re: ISO 8601 'Time Intervals' of the 'format with time-unit deignators'

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Ron Mayer <ron(at)intervideo(dot)com>, andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ISO 8601 'Time Intervals' of the 'format with time-unit deignators'
Date: 2003-09-08 22:06:11
Message-ID: 5145.1063058771@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I don't really care for using that name for it ---

> iso8601

> Keep in mind that SQL itself is also a kind of ISO, so being more specific
> is useful.

Yes, but by the same token "iso8601" isn't specific enough either.
Several of the other input formats we support have at least as good a
claim on that name.

regards, tom lane

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