I think this is what you wanted. select to_char('03/06/1973'::date,'dd/mm/yyyy');
you were casting the string to a date and returning a date. so it would return it in a format that your system is set to return. agencysacks=# select to_char('03/06/1973'::date,'dd/mm/yyyy'); to_char ------------ 06/03/1973 (1 row) Ted --- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:52:22PM +0200, Torello > Querci wrote: > > Hi to all, > > > > I have a problem storing 1973/06/03 date. > > > > If I send this statement > > > > select to_date('03/06/1973','dd/mm/yyyy'); > > > > in the psql interface I obtain > > > > to_date > > ------------ > > 1973-06-02 > > > > I test this statement with Postgres 7.3.2 and > 7.3.4 packaged withMandrake 9.1 > > and Mandrake 9.2RC1 and obtain the same result. > > > > Can anyone help me? > > What's happen if you try: > > test=# select '03/06/1973'::date; > date > ------------ > 1973-06-03 > > > -- > Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/ > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org