From: | Andrew McMillan <Andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz> |
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To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
Cc: | Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Kate Collins <klcollins(at)wsicorp(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, John Rickman <john(dot)rickman(at)greatbridge(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Re: to_date problems (Re: Favor for Postgres User at WSI) |
Date: | 2000-11-12 18:54:59 |
Message-ID: | 3A0EE783.70A6C3AF@catalyst.net.nz |
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Thomas Lockhart wrote:
>
> Because of the common and documented cutoff date (1970 currently, 1950
> in some other apps) used to solve this problem.
Most database software I have seen uses some form of setting to control
the actual date used here, and that is the most long-term solution.
something like:
set CENTURY_WINDOW TO '1980';
Would be nicest.
Regards,
Andrew.
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