Re: TH to_char modifier doesn't work with HH12 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TH to_char modifier doesn't work with HH12
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Msg-id 19851.1246907685@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: TH to_char modifier doesn't work with HH12  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Bruce Momjian<bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>>> I feel like someone should take a flame-thrower to that file.

> Dunno about the file, but the whole question of date and time handling
> has been tricky and complicated for all of human history.

Yeah.  I think about half the problem is it wasn't tremendously well
written, and half is that it's written to a nonexistent or at least
completely underdetermined specification.  If we want to do something
about it, my thought is that writing a real spec would be the right
first step.

            regards, tom lane

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