Re: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation

2010-06-22 Thread Dann Corbit
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:and...@dunslane.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:47 PM > To: Francis Markham > Cc: Dann Corbit; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation > > &g

Re: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation

2010-06-22 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Francis Markham wrote: Thank you for your prompt reply. What is it exactly that you are trying to accomplish? I want to be able to, from my own script, determine if postgres will be able to interpret a string as a date or time. If you can suggest a better way of accomplishing this

Re: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation

2010-06-22 Thread Francis Markham
ers@postgresql.org > Subject: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation > > > > Greetings all, > > I am currently implementing a script to import data into postgres.  I would > like to apply the algorithm to detect date and time values, outlined at > ht

Re: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation

2010-06-22 Thread Dann Corbit
From: pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Francis Markham Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:13 PM To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation Greetings all, I am currently implementing

[HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation

2010-06-22 Thread Francis Markham
Greetings all, I am currently implementing a script to import data into postgres. I would like to apply the algorithm to detect date and time values, outlined at http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datetime-input-rules.html However, I am unfamiliar (and somewhat intimidated) by the p