From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input |
Date: | 2003-07-25 21:31:36 |
Message-ID: | 200307252131.h6PLVaS25554@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 15:02, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Does anyone use YY-MM-DD for date input?
> >
> > Right now, it only works mostly for pre-2000 dates because we can detect
> > that 97-02-03 is a year, while we can not detect that in 03-02-01.
> >
> > We are considering eliminating it for 7.4. You can still use
> > yyyy-mm-dd, or course.
> >
> > Comments?
>
> What about the sliding window approach that some used to "solve"
> the y2k problem: any year between, say '00' and '32' is presumed
> to be in the 21st century, but years between '33' and '99' are
> 20th century.
We are doing that now, but with only two digits, we have to assume a
year 00-31 is a day, not a year.
> However, dropping it and letting the app deal with it is my non-
> counting vote...
OK.
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