Re: date format problem - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: date format problem
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Msg-id 347.1012453867@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to date format problem  ("Yan Bai" <annie_job@hotmail.com>)
Responses New to Postgresql - Backend timeout /JDBC  ("Peter V. Cooper" <pvcooper@gte.net>)
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"Yan Bai" <annie_job@hotmail.com> writes:
> I met a problem when i was loading data from a text file to the tables.

You need to set DateStyle to tell the system the format of your date
data before you load the file.  Evidently the default (US style) is
not what you are expecting.

            regards, tom lane

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