Thread: set datestyle to European PROBLEM

I have the defaul installation of postgres 7.0.3 and on another machine
7.1.2 on redhat 7.1

I cannont get the date in correct form:

dbme=# select data_ar from equipment limit 5; data_ar   
------------2001-11-052001-05-172001-05-282001-05-282001-05-22
(5 rows)

then:

dbme=# set datestyle to European;
SET VARIABLE

dbme=# select data_ar from equipment limit 5; data_ar
------------2001-11-052001-05-172001-05-282001-05-282001-05-22
(5 rows)

Is this a bug ?

I think i should get dd-mm-yyy date format and not yyyy-mm-dd 



Is postgres using ISO date format as default ?

Thanks

Alex

Alessandro Rossi wrote:

> I have the defaul installation of postgres 7.0.3 and on another machine
> 7.1.2 on redhat 7.1
>
> I cannont get the date in correct form:

.....

> Is this a bug ?
>
> I think i should get dd-mm-yyy date format and not yyyy-mm-dd
>
> Is postgres using ISO date format as default ?

I had the same problem ... but I solved ...
(I use PostgreSQL 7.1 on RH 7.1 installed from rpm):

In "/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql" I modify in "start" arm ... from:
su -l postgres -c "LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -p
/usr/bin/postmaster start >/dev/null 2>&1" < /dev/null

to

su -l postgres -c "LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D $PGDATA -o '-i -o -e' -p
/usr/bin/postmaster start >/dev/null 2>&1" < /dev/null

and, after I connect my application to the database, the first command is:

SET DATESTYLE TO 'Postgres';

and work fine ...


> Thanks

> Alex

George Moga,   Data Systems Srl,   Slobozia, ROMANIA

Hello Alessandro,

The manual I have says the following about Date/Time Styles:
- 4 styles (ISO-8601, SQL, Postgres, German)
The one which resembles your layout is German.
I looked it up in Bruce Momjians book.

Best regards,
Roelof


Alessandro Rossi schreef:
> 
> I have the defaul installation of postgres 7.0.3 and on another machine
> 7.1.2 on redhat 7.1
> 
> I cannont get the date in correct form:
> 
> dbme=# select data_ar from equipment limit 5;
>   data_ar
> ------------
>  2001-11-05
>  2001-05-17
>  2001-05-28
>  2001-05-28
>  2001-05-22
> (5 rows)
> 
> then:
> 
> dbme=# set datestyle to European;
> SET VARIABLE
> 
> dbme=# select data_ar from equipment limit 5;
>   data_ar
> ------------
>  2001-11-05
>  2001-05-17
>  2001-05-28
>  2001-05-28
>  2001-05-22
> (5 rows)
> 
> Is this a bug ?
> 
> I think i should get dd-mm-yyy date format and not yyyy-mm-dd
> 
> Is postgres using ISO date format as default ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alex
> 
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