From: | darrenk(at)insightdist(dot)com (Darren King) |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Access'97 and ODBC |
Date: | 1998-04-30 13:17:53 |
Message-ID: | 9804301317.AA69504@ceodev |
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> Anyway, imo the only issue is _when_ this kind of change should take
> place. My comment in the documentation did not promise that it would
> change in the next release, only that it might change in a future
> release. btw, I don't think that the ISO date style is mandated by the
> SQL92 standard, but it does seem like a good idea, particularly as we
> approach y2k...
>
> Of course, since we now have the PGDATESTYLE environment variable,
> usable by both the backend (at startup) and libpq (at connect time),
> perhaps a change in default date format is not something to worry about
> too much.
>
> I haven't heard any negative comments (yet) about changing the default
> date format to ISO-8601 (yyyy-mm-dd). Does anyone have a strong feeling
> that this should _not_ happen for v6.4??
>
> Speak up or it might happen ;)
I'll cast my vote FOR it if it helps speed it along.
That format makes sorting/ordering a no-brainer. Might not help inside
postgres, but for putting result sets out to a flat file for script
processing, you could then use the unix sort command. Much easier...
Go for it, whenever.
darrenk
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