date format: Canada same as European or US?

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 1998-01-05T00:28:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Can someone comment on this?  For an SQL server in Canada, should we be using
European format? *raised eyebrow*  I'm currently using the default (US) format


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> 	mmddyy is proper ISO/SQL format for north america...we went through a major
> discussion as to the differences, because European dates are *totally* different :(

Yes canada is supposed to be the same as europe being date/month/year
as in small > large while americans go month day year which is no
order at all...