Re: ISO 8601 'Time Intervals' of the 'format with time-unit deignators'

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Ron Mayer <ron@intervideo.com>, andrew@dunslane.net, pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-09-08T22:06:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I don't really care for using that name for it ---

> iso8601

> Keep in mind that SQL itself is also a kind of ISO, so being more specific
> is useful.

Yes, but by the same token "iso8601" isn't specific enough either.
Several of the other input formats we support have at least as good a
claim on that name.

			regards, tom lane