Re: DATESTYLE and 0000-00-00 - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From D'Arcy J.M. Cain
Subject Re: DATESTYLE and 0000-00-00
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Msg-id 20051006141627.6acdd2c1.darcy@druid.net
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In response to DATESTYLE and 0000-00-00  (Joshua Kramer <josh@globalherald.net>)
List pgsql-sql
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:01:22 -0400 (EDT)
Joshua Kramer <josh@globalherald.net> wrote:
> I have my DATESTYLE set to ISO MDY.
> 
> When I try to create a table with a default date of 0000-00-00, psql says 
> that this is an invalid date.  Why, and can (or how can I) get it to 
> accept 0000-00-00 as a valid date?

It is invalid.  There was no year 0.  Perhaps what you want is NULL or,
possibly, EPOCH if you are looking for a sentinel value.

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