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Problem with COPY and DateStyle

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
I just found out that datestyle affects the output of COPY, and hence
pg_dump:
test=> create table test(x date);CREATE    test=> insert into test values ('2001-07-31');INSERT 17239 1test=> set
datestyleto 'postgres, dmy';SETtest=> copy test to '/tmp/x';COPYtest=> \!cat /tmp/x31-07-2001test=> set datestyle to
'postgres,mdy';SETtest=> copy test to '/tmp/x';COPYtest=> \!cat /tmp/x07-31-2001
 

Should we set the datestyle at the top of pg_dump files like we do with
encoding and other settings?   Seems we should.

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Re: Problem with COPY and DateStyle

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Never mind.  I found out that pg_dump already does a SET datestyle =
'ISO' before dumping, so all the dates are in ISO format.

I just need to mention that COPY honors Datesyle.

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pgman wrote:
> I just found out that datestyle affects the output of COPY, and hence
> pg_dump:
> 
>     test=> create table test(x date);
>     CREATE    
>     test=> insert into test values ('2001-07-31');
>     INSERT 17239 1
>     test=> set datestyle to 'postgres, dmy';
>     SET
>     test=> copy test to '/tmp/x';
>     COPY
>     test=> \!cat /tmp/x
>     31-07-2001
>     test=> set datestyle to 'postgres, mdy';
>     SET
>     test=> copy test to '/tmp/x';
>     COPY
>     test=> \!cat /tmp/x
>     07-31-2001
> 
> Should we set the datestyle at the top of pg_dump files like we do with
> encoding and other settings?   Seems we should.
> 
> -- 
>   Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
>   pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 359-1001
>   +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road
>   +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073

--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610)
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Pennsylvania19073

Re: Problem with COPY and DateStyle

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Should we set the datestyle at the top of pg_dump files like we do with
> encoding and other settings?   Seems we should.

That was dealt with quite a while back.
        regards, tom lane