timestamptz - problems

Hi im using 'timestamptz' in a function called: 'getdate' to enter the
start and finish time into a db field, however the date appears to be
inserted into the db in a random format, i wish for it to only be
entered into the db as DD-MM-YYYY (European,UK). I understand this is
probably a very simple problem to resolve but thus far I have failed,
can anyone plz help.

************  'getdate' function is as follows: ***************

CREATE FUNCTION getdate() RETURNS timestamptz AS '
BEGIN
RETURN now();
END; '  LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

************ Inserted using the following function: *****************

CREATE FUNCTION newmess(int4, text, varchar) RETURNS varchar AS '
DECLARE
userid ALIAS for $1;
message ALIAS for $2;
touser ALIAS for $3;
enttime DATETIME;
touserid INTEGER;
rdset BIT;
from VARCHAR;

BEGIN
rdset = 0;
touserid=(select id from users where lastname=touser);
enttime=(select getdate());
from=(select lastname from users where id = userid);
INSERT INTO CallLog.message(message, fromuser, touser, txtime, rd,
fromusern) values(message. userid, touserid, enttime, rdset, from);
END;
'  LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

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Kind Regards, Mark.  



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