Thanks all! On Feb 13, 2016 11:06 PM, "Tom Lane" <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Vitaly Burovoy <vitaly.buro...@gmail.com> writes: > > On 2/13/16, Deven Phillips <deven.phill...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm trying to convert a series of ISO8601 strings into TIMESTAMPs for > use > >> with a function: ... > > > If your data is already in a correct ISO8601 format, you can use a > > direct cast to timestamptz type: > > Yeah. 95% of the time, the answer to "how to use to_timestamp()" is > "don't". The native input converter for the date/timestamp/timestamptz > data types is perfectly capable of parsing most common date formats, > with a lot less muss and fuss than to_timestamp. At worst you might have > to give it a hint about DMY vs. MDY field ordering via the DateStyle > setting. If your input is YMD order then you don't have to worry about > that at all. > > regards, tom lane >
