Re: lc_time and localized dates

Am Dienstag, 26. Februar 2008 schrieb Zdenek Kotala:
> But how you handle situation when you have multi language application
> which needs correct output for all languages? You cannot use any of the
> pattern because it will be wrong for some group of languages.

This is what you get when you copy a proprietary, poorly specified interface.
The to_char functions are supposed to be Oracle-compatible, so we need to
check what Oracle does.  Whether that is useful in practice is a bit
secondary.

I'm beginning to think, if you want formatting functions that are more sane,
stable, and standardized, export sprintf and strftime to PostgreSQL.

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Peter Eisentraut
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