ecmascript 5 DATESTYLE

ben hockey <neonstalwart@gmail.com>

From: Ben Hockey <neonstalwart@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-05-18T22:26:18Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
hi,

i mistakenly had posted this to pgsql-bugs already and got a response  
(see below - edited).  i'm posting here since afaik it is the way i  
should be requesting new features.  my suggestion is to add a  
DATESTYLE format to match the format specified for date time strings  
in ecmascript 5.

the following is from the ecmascript 5 specification at http://www.ecmascript.org/docs/tc39-2009-043.pdf 
  page 168:

> 15.9.1.15 Date Time String Format
> ECMAScript defines a string interchange format for date-times based  
> upon a simplification of the ISO 8601
> Extended Format.  The format is as follows: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ

ecmascript 5 is the most recent specification for JavaScript and i  
would think that having a DATESTYLE format to simplify  
interoperability with JavaScript applications would be highly desirable.

thanks,

ben...

On May 16, 2010, at 2:22 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> I have nothing against some new datestyles - xml, ecma5 and I am able
> to add to pg when hackers will agree