Am Dienstag 24 Juli 2007 schrieb Tom Lane: > > I thought the > > to_char/to_date/to_timestamp functions were intented for this purposes > > No, they're intended for dealing with wacky formats that the regular > input/output routines can't understand or produce.
Really? I use them alot, because of possible problems with different date formats. 20070503 means May 3, 2007 for germans, I don't know what it means to US citizens, but following the strange logic of having the month first (8/13/2005) it might mean March 5, 2007 too. Therefore, using to_timestamp seems to be a safe choice for me, working in any environment regardless of the "date_style" setting. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
