Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> writes:
> I agree that something should be done, but I'd have no problem
> with deprecating the Postgres datestyle. People who depend on
> it can switch to using to_date() and to_timestamp(), which
> shouldn't impose too much hardship if we give them enough time.
It's not like to_timestamp doesn't have the same problem...
Anyway, I've started a -hackers thread about this issue at [1].
Whatever we do probably deserves wider discussion than it will
get on pgsql-bugs.
regards, tom lane
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/957280.1734046384%40sss.pgh.pa.us