Re: TODO item:Allow to_date() and to_timestamp() accept localized month names

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Gevik Babakhani" <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: TODO item:Allow to_date() and to_timestamp() accept localized month names
Date: 2008-02-05 00:21:38
Message-ID: 10710.1202170898@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Gevik Babakhani" <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl> writes:
> What do we think about a solution that would be like:

> 1. Add an extra (optional) parameter to to_date and to_timestamp which would
> indicate the locale we are trying to parse.

Surely it should be the inverse of the solution for output, eg TMMon
selects localized input.

regards, tom lane

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