On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Brendan Jurd <dire...@gmail.com> wrote: > date(year int, month int, day int) returns date > datetime(year int, month int, day int, hour int, minute int, second > int) returns timestamp > > Without these functions (or some variation), a user wishing to > construct a date from integers can only assemble the date into a > string and then put that string through postgres' datetime parser, > which is totally perverse. > > Is there any interest in adding this to core, or failing that, > contrib? If so I'd be happy to provide a patch including the > functions themselves and some attendant documentation.
I think that would be useful. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
