RE: non-us datestyle

On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Oscar Serrano wrote:
>
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > [mailto:pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]En nombre de Cedar Cox
> > Enviado el: miercoles, 04 de julio de 2001 14:53
> > Para: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Asunto: [INTERFACES] non-us datestyle
> >
> > Is there a way to set the default date style to non-US (European)? I
> > didn't see any compile or run time options, just per connection options.
> > (pg v1.7)
> >
> > -Cedar
>
> Well I'm not sure if you are asking for this but...
> If you define the shell variable PGDATESTYLE to, for example, SQL, all date
> are returned like this:
> dd/mm/yyyy
> There are serveral values you can assign to PGDATESTYLE.
> You can execute, prior to a query this sentence:
> SET DATESTYLE TO SQL

I'll be using ODBC so there's no shell variable to set... This is why I
want a global option.

-Cedar