| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input |
| Date: | 2003-07-28 18:24:28 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0307281224020.19765-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Now, adding a YYMMDDD mode (not to be confused with YYYYMMDD) to
> > datestyle is a feature addition to me. I am not sure if anyone wants
> > it, though.
>
> Well, we now saw one person besides me who wants it, so that's good
> enough for me ;-). I'll take responsibility for applying Greg's
> original patch plus mods to support 'DMY', 'MDY', and 'YMD' input
> datestyle options.
>
> Did we come to a conclusion on whether DMY and MDY ought to become
> the preferred names for those input modes, rather than EURO and US?
> I'm leaning towards doing it ...
I'd vote for DMY/MDY for names. Far more obvious to the uninitiated...
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