Re: Using YY-MM-DD date input

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...