"Patrick Dunford" wrote:
  >I have a line in a PHP script that looks like this:
  >
  >     $set=pg_exec($dbconn, "SET DATESTYLE TO 'European'"); //Set date format
  >
  >Since my ISP updated their server, this appears to be ignored as pgsql
  >always returns dates in ISO format.
  >
  >1. What is the default format of dates returned that I can ALWAYS rely on?
  
>From release 7, the default format is ISO: yyyy-mm-dd

  >2. Why is the command ignored?

European has no meaning with the ISO datestyle.

To get normal European dates, do this SET command:

  SET DATESTYLE TO 'Postgres,European'

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