--On Monday, July 28, 2003 15:48:39 -0400 Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
scott.marlowe wrote:<AOL>Me Too</AOL>On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Now, adding a YYMMDDD mode (not to be confused with YYYYMMDD) to > > datestyle is a feature addition to me. I am not sure if anyone wants > > it, though. > > Well, we now saw one person besides me who wants it, so that's good > enough for me ;-). I'll take responsibility for applying Greg's > original patch plus mods to support 'DMY', 'MDY', and 'YMD' input > datestyle options. > > Did we come to a conclusion on whether DMY and MDY ought to become > the preferred names for those input modes, rather than EURO and US? > I'm leaning towards doing it ...
I'd vote for DMY/MDY for names. Far more obvious to the uninitiated...
Yes, I never liked the US/European designations.
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