Custom datestyle for timestamps

From: "Daniel Verite" <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Custom datestyle for timestamps
Date: 2009-03-04 22:19:02
Message-ID: b0419c22-44f0-46f7-9fa2-899e1cf3c91a@mm
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Hi,

SET DATESTYLE takes predefined keywords such as ISO or US as arguments,
but I can't find a way to specify a custom format string for
timestamps.

What I'd like to find is an equivalent to Oracle's
ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format='DD/MM/YYYY HH24' for example,
where the format follows the sames rules than to_char and to_date.
This sets an implicit format for every subsequent text<->date
conversion.

Is there a way I could achieve that with postgres? A psql-only solution
would be good enough for me.

Thanks,

--
Daniel

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