"Patrick Dunford" wrote: >I have a line in a PHP script that looks like this: > > $set=pg_exec($dbconn, "SET
DATESTYLETO 'European'"); //Set date format > >Since my ISP updated their server, this appears to be ignored as pgsql
>alwaysreturns dates in ISO format. > >1. What is the default format of dates returned that I can ALWAYS rely on?
From release 7, the default format is ISO: yyyy-mm-dd
>2. Why is the command ignored?
European has no meaning with the ISO datestyle.
To get normal European dates, do this SET command:
SET DATESTYLE TO 'Postgres,European'
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