| From: | "Gevik Babakhani" <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> |
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| To: | "'Peter Eisentraut'" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "'Zdenek Kotala'" <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com>, "'Euler Taveira de Oliveira'" <euler(at)timbira(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: lc_time and localized dates |
| Date: | 2008-02-26 18:53:42 |
| Message-ID: | 000401c878a8$ebda99f0$0a01a8c0@gevmus |
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> This is what you get when you copy a proprietary, poorly
> specified interface.
> The to_char functions are supposed to be Oracle-compatible,
> so we need to check what Oracle does. Whether that is useful
> in practice is a bit secondary.
>
> I'm beginning to think, if you want formatting functions that
> are more sane, stable, and standardized, export sprintf and
> strftime to PostgreSQL.
Perhaps this is good time to think about (I'm being careful to say redesign)
a review both regarding date/time formatting and locale handling for these
functions in general.
Regards,
Gevik
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