Oh yeah, right.  You want to set your datestyle.

See:

Changing it once:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/datetime-appendix.html

Changing it for a database:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/sql-alterdatabase.html

Changing it for everything that doesn't override it:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/runtime-config.html

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:17, Bob Pawley wrote:
> Perhaps you have a solution??
> 
> Bob
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Bob Pawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Dates
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:00, Bob Pawley wrote:
> >> Hi Folks
> >>  
> >> I have a column for date which defaults to the ambigous 2005-1-1
> >> format.
> >>  
> >> The documantation indicates how to change this to the unambigous Jan 1
> >> 2005, but the instructions aren't clear to me.
> > 
> > Actually, if the year comes first, it is not ambiguous.  It will always
> > be month-day if the year comes first.  It's the 
> > 
> > mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy that is the issue.
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