Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input

--On Monday, July 28, 2003 15:48:39 -0400 Bruce Momjian
<pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:

> scott.marlowe wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
>>
>> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> > > Now, adding a YYMMDDD mode (not to be confused with YYYYMMDD) to
>> > > datestyle is a feature addition to me.  I am not sure if anyone wants
>> > > it, though.
>> >
>> > Well, we now saw one person besides me who wants it, so that's good
>> > enough for me ;-).  I'll take responsibility for applying Greg's
>> > original patch plus mods to support 'DMY', 'MDY', and 'YMD' input
>> > datestyle options.
>> >
>> > Did we come to a conclusion on whether DMY and MDY ought to become
>> > the preferred names for those input modes, rather than EURO and US?
>> > I'm leaning towards doing it ...
>>
>> I'd vote for DMY/MDY for names.  Far more obvious to the uninitiated...
>
> Yes, I never liked the US/European designations.
<AOL>Me Too</AOL>



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