Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Access'97 and ODBC
От | darrenk@insightdist.com (Darren King) |
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Тема | Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Access'97 and ODBC |
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Msg-id | 9804301317.AA69504@ceodev обсуждение исходный текст |
Список | pgsql-hackers |
> Anyway, imo the only issue is _when_ this kind of change should take > place. My comment in the documentation did not promise that it would > change in the next release, only that it might change in a future > release. btw, I don't think that the ISO date style is mandated by the > SQL92 standard, but it does seem like a good idea, particularly as we > approach y2k... > > Of course, since we now have the PGDATESTYLE environment variable, > usable by both the backend (at startup) and libpq (at connect time), > perhaps a change in default date format is not something to worry about > too much. > > I haven't heard any negative comments (yet) about changing the default > date format to ISO-8601 (yyyy-mm-dd). Does anyone have a strong feeling > that this should _not_ happen for v6.4?? > > Speak up or it might happen ;) I'll cast my vote FOR it if it helps speed it along. That format makes sorting/ordering a no-brainer. Might not help inside postgres, but for putting result sets out to a flat file for script processing, you could then use the unix sort command. Much easier... Go for it, whenever. darrenk
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