On 24 May 2012 05:30, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > On mån, 2012-05-21 at 15:34 +1000, Brendan Jurd wrote: >> I'd be okay with just adding a note in the manual under Date/Time >> Output to the effect of "Note: ISO 8601 specifies the use of uppercase >> letter 'T' to separate the date and time. Postgres uses a space for >> improved readability, in line with other database systems and RFC >> 3339." > > But that is wrong. We use the space because SQL says so. The reason we > have all those other formats is for readability or consistency or some > secondary standard. But the format of the ISO format is exactly what > the SQL standard says, without any other considerations. >
Did you miss my follow-on message on this thread? You are responding to a message that has been superceded. I saw what you wrote earlier, and updated my suggestions for the docs 2 days ago. Please see http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/cadxjzo34ma54imgd7ruadcc-r6lq7w-ta8gqwvahkua7bsv...@mail.gmail.com Cheers, BJ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
