Re: Formatting TimeStamp

> Joshua,
> I know that i can format it explicitly, but instead of using a SELECT * FROM
> .. I have to name the columns which is not very convenient. Right now I have
> created views for each table just to re-format the output of the one
> timestamp field.

Not sure it solves your problem, but you can do:

SELECT *, TO_CHAR(...yourdatecol...) AS yourdatecol_fmtFROM .....

you still have to specify the one column, but not the others...

just a thought.

>
> Mysql for example has a in addition to the TIMESTAMP also a DATETIME type
> that returns |'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'. So, I was wondering if there is anything
> similar in postgres or can i set the precision or format of the timestamp in
> the postgres.conf or can I define a new type.
>
> Alex
>
> |
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
>> Alex wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using the timestamp various tables but dont like to see the
>>> microseconds.
>>> Is there way to format the output of timestamp fields globally (in the
>>> postgres.conf)?
>>> Preferably i only would like to see the YYYYMMDD HH:MM:SS.
>>>
>>> Or can a formatting be passed to a SELECT * .... hmmm probably not.
>>
>>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html
>>
>> And yes you can do it in a SELECT.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Joshua D. Drake
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advise
>>>
>>> A
>>>
>>>
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