Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-05 Thread Karel Zak
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:20:57PM +0100, ivan wrote:
 
 ok, bat each time where i want to do select .. a nie tu use to_char,
 but it should be in function timestamp_out to convert time to string
 it would be easer and faster.

 I don't think it will too much faster :-)

 BTW, for example  the Oracle allows to define  default date/time output
 format by same way as for to_char(). 
 
 TODO (?):

 SET TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'MM/DD/ HH24:MI:SS';

 SELECT 'now'::timestamp;
timestamp  
 
   01/05/2004 10:25:01


 But it require check (be sure)  that defined format is possible without
 problems convert back from string  to timestamp. For this Thomas didn't
 like this idea.

 I think dynamic timestamp format is final solution of all problems with
 PostgreSQL date/time formats.

 Comments?

Karel

 
 On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
 
  On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:25:14AM +0100, ivan wrote:
  
   but what about default style ?
   first time when i saw DateStyle i thought that i can use it like C/C++
   function strftime. I would be not bad idea to have custom data style :)
 
  Use to_char() function to put it in any format you want.
 
 
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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-05 Thread ivan

there can be same problems with back convering, but its would be only
when select is going out, to cstring form, and all its depend on user,
but this is ok :)

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Karel Zak wrote:

 On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:20:57PM +0100, ivan wrote:
 
  ok, bat each time where i want to do select .. a nie tu use to_char,
  but it should be in function timestamp_out to convert time to string
  it would be easer and faster.

  I don't think it will too much faster :-)

  BTW, for example  the Oracle allows to define  default date/time output
  format by same way as for to_char().

  TODO (?):

  SET TIMESTAMP_FORMAT = 'MM/DD/ HH24:MI:SS';

  SELECT 'now'::timestamp;
 timestamp
  
01/05/2004 10:25:01


  But it require check (be sure)  that defined format is possible without
  problems convert back from string  to timestamp. For this Thomas didn't
  like this idea.

  I think dynamic timestamp format is final solution of all problems with
  PostgreSQL date/time formats.

  Comments?

 Karel

 
  On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
 
   On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:25:14AM +0100, ivan wrote:
   
but what about default style ?
first time when i saw DateStyle i thought that i can use it like C/C++
function strftime. I would be not bad idea to have custom data style :)
  
   Use to_char() function to put it in any format you want.
  
  
   Kurt
  
  
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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-04 Thread Martin Marques
El Sáb 03 Ene 2004 18:20, ivan escribió:
 ok, bat each time where i want to do select .. a nie tu use to_char,
 but it should be in function timestamp_out to convert time to string
 it would be easer and faster.

Look deeper into what Christopher said and use casting to get the right 
output:

prueba= select now();
  now
---
 2004-01-04 09:53:41.131079-03
(1 row)

prueba= select now()::timestamp(0);
 now
-
 2004-01-04 09:53:43
(1 row)


Get the difference?

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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-04 Thread Tom Lane
Martin Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 Look deeper into what Christopher said and use casting to get the right 
 output:
 prueba= select now()::timestamp(0);

There's also current_timestamp(0), which is a more standards-compliant
way of doing the same thing.

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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-04 Thread ivan

i know, but i talking about default time output, it would be for
time, date and date with time, not formating all the time.

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

 Martin Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  Look deeper into what Christopher said and use casting to get the right
  output:
  prueba= select now()::timestamp(0);

 There's also current_timestamp(0), which is a more standards-compliant
 way of doing the same thing.

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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-04 Thread Martin Marques
Quoting Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Martin Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  Look deeper into what Christopher said and use casting to get the right 
  output:
  prueba= select now()::timestamp(0);
 
 There's also current_timestamp(0), which is a more standards-compliant
 way of doing the same thing.

Didn´t know that existed. :-)

Anyway, my observation was not on the now() function, but at the casting. He
wants the output of th select over a timestamp field to come out without the
milliseconds, which is done with the casting.

Now, seeing your mail I realize that what he may want is this:

CREATE TABLE table_name (
  .
  time_field   timestamp(0)
);

Remember you will lose those milliseconds for ever with this table definition.

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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-03 Thread ivan

but what about default style ?
first time when i saw DateStyle i thought that i can use it like C/C++
function strftime. I would be not bad idea to have custom data style :)

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

 Create table with type TIMESTAMP(0)

 Chris

 ivan wrote:

 
  how can i change default time format because now i have for example
  2004-01-01 16:51:46.995927 but i want only 2004-01-01 16:51:46, with out
  millisec. a tryed with Data-Style but there arent custom style :/
 
 
 
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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-03 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:25:14AM +0100, ivan wrote:
 
 but what about default style ?
 first time when i saw DateStyle i thought that i can use it like C/C++
 function strftime. I would be not bad idea to have custom data style :)

Use to_char() function to put it in any format you want.


Kurt


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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-03 Thread ivan

ok, bat each time where i want to do select .. a nie tu use to_char,
but it should be in function timestamp_out to convert time to string
it would be easer and faster.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Kurt Roeckx wrote:

 On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 09:25:14AM +0100, ivan wrote:
 
  but what about default style ?
  first time when i saw DateStyle i thought that i can use it like C/C++
  function strftime. I would be not bad idea to have custom data style :)

 Use to_char() function to put it in any format you want.


 Kurt


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Re: [HACKERS] time format

2004-01-02 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
Create table with type TIMESTAMP(0)

Chris

ivan wrote:

how can i change default time format because now i have for example
2004-01-01 16:51:46.995927 but i want only 2004-01-01 16:51:46, with out
millisec. a tryed with Data-Style but there arent custom style :/


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[HACKERS] time format

2004-01-01 Thread ivan


how can i change default time format because now i have for example
2004-01-01 16:51:46.995927 but i want only 2004-01-01 16:51:46, with out
millisec. a tryed with Data-Style but there arent custom style :/



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