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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])