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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Evidently no support for the mmddyyyy date format
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In response to Evidently no support for the mmddyyyy date format  (Bernard Barton <bfb21@comcast.net>)
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Bernard Barton <bfb21@comcast.net> writes:
> Today I tried every permutation of the DateStyle parameter I could find, and
> still cannot get PostgreSQL 8.3 to accept dates in the format mmddyyyy.  I tried
> setting this in the postgresql.conf file, and also in psql using "set datestyle
> to <style>".  So, am I correct to conclude that it is not possible to configure
> to accept dates on the mmddyyyy format?

If you mean eightdigitswithoutanypunctuation, I think that's correct.

            regards, tom lane

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