Re: Looking for a way to get my time format.

Manuel Sugawara <masm@fciencias.unam.mx>

From: Manuel Sugawara <masm@fciencias.unam.mx>
To: "Eric Naujock " <naujocke@abacusii.com>
Cc: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-06-04T16:22:50Z
Lists: pgsql-novice
"Eric Naujock " <naujocke@abacusii.com> writes:

> I am looking for a way to get my time format to display in the
> format of hh:mm AM/PM instead to the default 24 hour time
> format. Does anybody have any suggestions for how to do this?

There's no function to_char for time :-(; try with your own function. Something 
like

create function time2str(time) returns text as '
declare
  var_time alias for $1;
  var_hrs int;
  var_mins int;
  var_mod text;
begin
  var_hrs := extract(hours from var_time);
  var_mins := extract(minutes from var_time);
  if var_hrs >= 12 then
     var_mod := ''PM'';
     if var_hrs > 12 then 
       var_hrs := var_hrs - 12;
     end if;
  else
     var_mod := ''AM'';
  end if;
  return to_char(var_hrs,''fm00'') || '':'' || to_char(var_mins,''fm00'') || var_mod;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

regression=# select time2str('7:00:00'::time); 
 time2str 
----------
 07:00AM
(1 row)

regression=# 

hth,
Manuel.


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