Re: European Datestyle

From: teg(at)redhat(dot)com (Trond Eivind =?iso-8859-1?q?Glomsr=d8d?=)
To: Daniele Orlandi <daniele(at)orlandi(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: European Datestyle
Date: 2000-12-08 22:37:51
Message-ID: xuyd7f25ykg.fsf@halden.devel.redhat.com
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Daniele Orlandi <daniele(at)orlandi(dot)com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Why is this happening ?
>
> ctonet=# show datestyle;
> NOTICE: DateStyle is ISO with European conventions
> SHOW VARIABLE
>
> ctonet=# select creation_date from users limit 1;
> creation_date
> ------------------------
> 2000-12-07 04:40:23+01
> ^^^^^^^^^^

That is the ISO-style, isn't it?

There are two ways of making dates make sense, none of them American
(but hey, they're still using Fahrenheit, feet, lb, fl.oz. acres and
other nonsensical units... )
--
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.

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