Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5368D9F95E3 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:06:33 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 76582-04 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:06:24 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2FA9F939E for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:06:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBNG6FST012520; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:06:15 -0500 (EST) To: Guillaume Lelarge cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: DateStyle config variable In-reply-to: <458CF9E2.5070403@lelarge.info> References: <45899637.5020608@lelarge.info> <458CF9E2.5070403@lelarge.info> Comments: In-reply-to Guillaume Lelarge message dated "Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:41:54 +0100" Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:06:15 -0500 Message-ID: <12519.1166889975@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200612/173 X-Sequence-Number: 4096 Guillaume Lelarge writes: >> I wondered if there was a reason for the mixed case capitalization of >> the DateStyle setting ? all other settings are in lowercase. Even >> DateStyle is in lowercase in the postgresql.conf file. DateStyle and TimeZone have both historically been spelled like that, and are delivered to client code in that form (not only in SHOW but in the lower-level ParameterStatus message). I think the odds of breaking client-side code are very high if we change it. regards, tom lane