On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > yes, my current to_char() is almost compatible with oracle, but I need
> > last two features --- IYYY (ISO-year) and IW (ISO-week). But I not explore
> > it exactly yet. I mean that current (PG's) week-of-year is like ISO or not?
>
> Yes. 'week' is "ISO week" (new for 7.0 afaicr). And it wasn't *entirely*
> trivial to implement, so you may want to steal code for to_char() ;)
My problem is not convert some data to char (in to_char()), but vice
versa convert from char to timestamp. For example convert week-of-year
number to real date. But yes, I steal you :-)
> I just didn't implement the corresponding "year" code at least partly
> because I wasn't sure what to call it. 'iyear' seems like a pretty good
> choice, or should it be 'isoyear'? 'year' is already used, obviously,
> and if 'iyear' is chosen then perhaps I should change 'week' to 'iweek'
> for consistancy. Comments?
For to_char() it is unambiguous, IW and IYYY.
BTW --- I now planning for 7.2 some routine for measure unit conversion. For
example 'km' to 'mile' ...etc. It will very good for PG international
domination :-)
Karel
