| From: | "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> |
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| To: | Joshua Kramer <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: DATESTYLE and 0000-00-00 |
| Date: | 2005-10-06 18:16:27 |
| Message-ID: | 20051006141627.6acdd2c1.darcy@druid.net |
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:01:22 -0400 (EDT)
Joshua Kramer <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net> wrote:
> I have my DATESTYLE set to ISO MDY.
>
> When I try to create a table with a default date of 0000-00-00, psql says
> that this is an invalid date. Why, and can (or how can I) get it to
> accept 0000-00-00 as a valid date?
It is invalid. There was no year 0. Perhaps what you want is NULL or,
possibly, EPOCH if you are looking for a sentinel value.
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