Thread: Date formatting function

Date formatting function

From
JORGE MALDONADO
Date:
I am using the following formatting function for a date field and I get the name of the month in English language. How can I get it in Spanish?
 
to_char(sea_fecha,'MONTH DD, YYYY') as sea_fecha_aux
 
Respectfully,
Jorge Maldonado

Re: Date formatting function

From
Andreas Kretschmer
Date:
JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using the following formatting function for a date field and I get the
> name of the month in English language. How can I get it in Spanish?
>
> to_char(sea_fecha,'MONTH DD, YYYY') as sea_fecha_aux

I think, you have to use the 'translation mode prefix', see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/functions-formatting.html
Table 9-22. Template Pattern Modifiers for Date/Time Formatting



Andreas
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