On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 15:47, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 12:46, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 00:05, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Reading the subject, "creepy ... dates", that is exactly how I feel > > > > > > about the described current date behavior --- "creepy". > > > > > > > > > > > > Because I have only seen one person defend our current behavior, and > > > > > > many object, I am going to add to TODO: > > > > > > > > > > > > * Allow current datestyle to restrict dates; prevent month/day > > > > > > swapping > > > > > > from making invalid dates valid? > > > > > > * Prevent month/day swapping of ISO dates to make invalid dates valid > > > > > > > > > > I added a question mark to the first item so we can consider it later. > > > > > Most agreed on the second item, but a few thought the first one might be > > > > > OK as is. > > > > > > > > How about situations where reversing the month and date would > > > > still have "valid but wrong" dates, based upon the LOCALE mask? > > > > > > > > I.e., "05/04/2003" is "05-April-2003" or "04-May-2003", depending > > > > on whether the LOCALE implies "DD/MM/YYYY" or "MM/DD/YYYY". > > > > > > > > > > My assumption is that we already handlle these OK because we base it on > > > datestyle. > > > > According to the OP, no. > > Oh, you are right. We base it on datestyle, rather than locale. Is it > desiarable to default postgresql.conf datestyle to match the locale? > > # > # Locale settings > # > # (initialized by initdb -- may be changed) > LC_MESSAGES = 'C' > LC_MONETARY = 'C' > LC_NUMERIC = 'C' > LC_TIME = 'C'
As long as it's overridable by a "masking set statement", does it matter? Well, it probably does, for consistency's sake. P.S. - candle.pha.pa.us rejects email from smtp.east.cox.net because "Delivery blocked --- Previous SPAM received from your mail server". That's blocking a *lot* of valid email, since cox.net is pretty large. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Oh, great altar of passive entertainment, bestow upon me | | thy discordant images at such speed as to render linear | | thought impossible" (Calvin, regarding TV) | +----------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
