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

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Ron Mayer <ron@intervideo.com>, <andrew@dunslane.net>, <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-09-08T21:58:09Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane writes:

> "Ron Mayer" <ron@intervideo.com> writes:
> > Would it be useful if I added a 'datestyle' of 'ISO basic' which
> > would produce the most terse formats ('19980115' for dates,
> > and 'P1Y1M' for intervals)?
>
> I don't really care for using that name for it --- for one thing, you
> couldn't do
> 	set datestyle to iso basic;
> because of syntax limitations.  A one-word name is a much better idea.

iso8601

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

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net