Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iHaXH-0007KS-KA for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:27:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iHaXF-0005xY-9i for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:27:17 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iHaXE-0005x9-VO for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:27:17 +0000 Received: from momjian.us ([72.94.173.45]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iHaXC-0000Mc-OX; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:27:15 +0000 Received: from bruce by momjian.us with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iHaX8-0005Ow-KF; Mon, 07 Oct 2019 17:27:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 17:27:10 -0400 From: Bruce Momjian To: David Harper Cc: Tom Lane , "Jonathan S. Katz" , pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Ambiguous language in Table 8.13. Special Date/Time Inputs [EXT] Message-ID: <20191007212710.GA8554@momjian.us> References: <20190709033234.ytbltfn25h5wvdbd@momjian.us> <8B4735A4-7B46-406A-B4F1-CBFA47D5E1BC@sanger.ac.uk> <20190709154825.egarmx2s5jyvft4e@momjian.us> <25367.1562687915@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1DC28BBD-A4B8-4083-AC83-BD5B012FF3B1@sanger.ac.uk> <74c7b4d4-5c0c-29a2-89aa-9395a38e0633@postgresql.org> <20190710182637.25x6hxi4o7bht336@momjian.us> <23186.1562784609@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20190711144235.k2bqrgq7awrmqppa@momjian.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20190711144235.k2bqrgq7awrmqppa@momjian.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:42:35AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 09:34:58AM +0100, David Harper wrote: > > > One really simple way to make it shorter is to say "00:00", leaving > > > out the seconds. > > > > That’s a good solution. It removes the long-standing ambiguity without looking too ugly. > > OK, how is this patch? Doc patch applied to all current branches. Thanks for the report. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription +