Re: [GENERAL] Date time insertion

On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, John Huttley wrote:

    None of this matters in a date field, date != datetime

// I use '1999-04-21 21:23:21' type format with sucess.
//
// Regards
//
// -----Original Message-----
// From: Bob Kruger <bkruger@mindspring.com>
// To: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>;
// pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org <pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org>
// Date: Thursday, 24 June 1999 07:07
// Subject: [GENERAL] Date time insertion
//
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// >
// >I am trying to insert both the date and the time into a datetime field.
// >
// >If the field datetime in table v1 is dt, then the following successfully
// >inserts the date into the datetime field:
// >
// >insert into v1 (date) values ('19990401') ;
// >
// >However, if I also wanted to retain the time of day, the following does not
// >work:
// >
// >insert into v1 (date) values ('199904011530') ;
// >
// >Any hints?
// >
// >Thanks in advance.
// >
// >Regards - Bob Kruger
// >
// >
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