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 1hlHfR-0006jt-MW for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:50:13 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hlHfQ-0004Mp-Hx for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:50:12 +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 1hlHfQ-0004Ma-7o for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:50:12 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hlHfO-0006Il-2n for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:50:11 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x6AIo9qV023187; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:50:09 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Bruce Momjian cc: "Jonathan S. Katz" , David Harper , pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Ambiguous language in Table 8.13. Special Date/Time Inputs [EXT] In-reply-to: <20190710182637.25x6hxi4o7bht336@momjian.us> References: <156258047907.1181.11324468080514061996@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <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> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:26:37 -0400" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <23185.1562784609.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:50:09 -0400 Message-ID: <23186.1562784609@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Bruce Momjian writes: > The thing I don't like about 00:00:00 is that it is a lot of information > to say "the start of the day", while I assumed midnight was clear on > that. If we can find a way to say "start of the day (midnight)", that > would work. One really simple way to make it shorter is to say "00:00", leaving out the seconds. regards, tom lane